Quotes About Foresight

Hun smilte til fru Odell og sa: Vi får gjøre som Scarlett O'Hara, og ikke bekymre oss for morgendagen før den er her.

Where there is no vision, the people perish.

Men who expect universal peace through invention of destructive weapons of war are no wiser than one who, noting the improvement of agricultural implements, should prophesy an end to the tilling of the soil.

In this business, by the time you realize you're in trouble, it's too late to save yourself. Unless you're running scared all the time, you're gone.

Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong - these are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history.

Beware the wrath of a patient adversary.

The writer is the visionary of his people... He anticipates, he warns.

Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not.

Writing the perfect paper is a lot like a military operation. It takes discipline, foresight, research, strategy, and, if done right, ends in total victory.

Now, I see that it's like saving money, you can't save for when you get laid off, after you get laid off; rather, you have to save while you have a job and the money is still coming in. Life is like that, you have to DO while you are able to think of what you want, what you like, what needs it will fill, how it will enhance your life, how it will help you to maintain you, so that you have some reserves when crunch time comes.

Najbolje stvari u životu pro?u jer prvo govorimo "još je rano, a zatim "suviše je kasno.

Valora el impacto que tendrán tus actos presentes dentro de un año o más. Un resultado negativo, o incluso neutro, te hace perder el tiempo y tus recursos, te conduce al desencanto.

H]e was still young enough to think that there was something fundamentally inhuman about thinking more than one step ahead at a time.

Leadership is seeing the consequences of our actions further in the future than those around us can.

Man may be evil or good, that wasn't the issue. The issue was that man rarely considered the consequences of his actions. In short, man was often just plain stupid.

If we make the tough decisions now, we will be one year ahead of 80 percent of the states in the race to economic growth. If we fail to act, we will fall even further behind... by going first, we can become first.

We must shift our thinking away from short-term gain toward long-term investment and sustainability, and always have the next generations in mind with every decision we make.

As I say to our own team: 'Never protect your past, never define yourself by a single product, and always continue to steward for the long-term. Keep moving towards the future.'

He who will travel far spares his steed.

The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.

Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

It takes a noble man to plant a seed for a tree that will someday give shade to people he may never meet.

The diligent farmer plants trees, of which he himself will never see the fruit.

A tree doesn't make a thunderstorm, but any fool knows where lightning's going to strike.