Quotes About Foresight

Through adversity, not only are we given opportunity to discover our inner strength, we are also given the gift of foresight so we can shine a light for others who go through the experience after us.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men to abstain from threats and insulting words toward anyone, for neither diminishes the strength of the enemy.

If their forces are substantial, prepare for them; if their forces are strong, avoid them.

Attack is the proof that your enemy anticipates your success.

It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.

Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.

The opportunist thinks of me and today. The statesman thinks of us and tomorrow.

Fight only after creating conditions for victory.

Leave as little to chance as possible. Preparation is the key to success.

If you have a clear vision, you will eventually attract the right strategy. If you don't have a clear vision, no strategy will save you.

Men never plan to be failures; they simply fail to plan to be successful

The past sharpens perspective, warns against pitfalls, and helps to point the way.

Proper preparation is the key to our success. Our acts can be no wiser than our thoughts. Our thinking can be no wiser than our understanding.

Remember this: Anticipation is the ultimate power. Losers react; leaders anticipate.

Do not neglect the principles of foresight and know that often, puffed up with success, armies have lost the fruit of their heroism through a feeling of false security.

The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.

Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.

I gauge success in years, not weeks. The weekend box-office approach to book launches is short sighted and encourages crappy books.

Strategy is about shaping the future.

To enjoy enduring success we should travel a little in advance of the world.

I wish I had been more prepared, both for success and for failure, when I was younger.

Nations, as well as men, almost always betray the most prominent features of their future destiny in their earliest years.

Dreams came to men for many reasons, both as oracles and as warnings.

It was so much easier to see another person's future than it was to understand your own. Even when you kept your eyes wide open, the world would surprise you.