Quotes About Foresight

The eye that looks ahead to the safe course is closed forever

I see in the future what I've seen in the past.

a precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it's too late.

eye that looks ahead to the safe course is closed forever

What . . . does he plan?" "The Golden Path. He'll explain it to you later.

They're in league with the future

We know what we have ahead of us—work. We've been trained for it. We've some experience in it. We know what the rewards are and the alternatives are clear enough.

Arm yourself when the Frog God smiles. — Gowachin admonition

He who lives by the crystal ball will eat shattered glass.

He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.

Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth.

Success is about dedication. You may not be where you want to be or do what you want to do when you're on the journey. But you've got to be willing to have vision and foresight that leads you to an incredible end.

In the first six to twelve months of a war with the United States and Great Britain I will run wild and win victory upon victory. But then, if the war continues after that, I have no expectation of success.

You win battles by knowing the enemy's timing, and using a timing which the enemy does not expect.

You can be drinking the wine today, but picking the grapes tomorrow.

One of the things that I'm really proud of is that I have really good timing. It's very easy for me to see what's coming up and it's no coincidence that I went headfirst into wine and then headfirst into new media - none at all.

What I learned from architectural drafting is that everything has to have a plan to work. You just can't wing it. I can't get all the materials I need for a house and just start building. Whether it's a career, family, life - you have to plan it out.

To stay ahead, you must have your next idea waiting in the wings.

Winning feels great, and everybody loves a winner. But the very best figure out what's coming next and don't assume they've got the winning formula forever.

It's better to look ahead and prepare, than to look back and regret.

Sometimes you have to do things in people's best interests and they don't even know it, and maybe they'll figure it out later and thank you, and maybe they won't. Most likely they won't.

Thanks to my reading, I have never been caught flat-footed by any situation, never at a loss for how any problem has been addressed... It doesn't give me all the answers, but it lights what is often a dark path ahead.

The hardest thing for me is planning ahead. My mom was brilliant at it.

The only thing that can save us as a species is seeing how we're not thinking about future generations in the way we live.