Foresight Quotes

Take [preventive] action before things happen. Establish order before disorder has begun.

He is a fool who only sees the mischiefs that are past.

The day is for mistake and error, sequence of time for success and carrying out. The one who anticipates is master of the day.

The fellow that can only see a week ahead is always the popular fellow, for he is looking with the crowd. But the one that can see years ahead, he has a telescope but he can't make anybody believe that he has it.

It's better to prepare than to repair.

The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved.

To undo a mistake is always harder than not to create one originally but we seldom have the foresight. Therefore we have no choice but to try to correct our past mistakes.

In abundance prepare for scarcity.

Jesters do oft prove prophets.

Who heeds not the future will find sorrow at hand

Wise Man: One who sees the storm coming before the clouds appear.

The saddest thing in life is people with sight, but without vision.

Wise men say, and not without reason, that whosoever wished to foresee the future might consult the past.

Meet the big while it is small.

Even the greatest of all strategists must occasionally take into account the presence of an enemy.

Look down - look down that lonesome roadBefore you travel on

Better to have, and not need, than to need, and not have.

Presents at once? That's good. He is sure to succeed.

Don't wait untill problems pile up and cause a lot of trouble before trying to solve them. Leaders must march ahead the movement, not lag behind it.

We must be careful not to let our current appetites steal away any chance we might have for a future feast

Plan ahead or find trouble on the doorstep.

The sage regards things as difficult, and thereby avoids difficulty.

Prepare while it's easy.

It is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel.

Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.

To anticipate and prevent disasterous contingencies would be the part of wisdom and patriotism.

When I am dead--I say it that way because from the things I know, I do not expect to live long enough to read this book in its finished form--I want you to just watch and see if I'm not right in what I say: that the white man, in his press, is going to identify me with "hate". He will make use of me dead, as he has made use of me alive, as a convenient symbol, of "hatred"--and that will help him escape facing the truth that all I have been doing is holding up a mirror to reflect, to show, the history of unspeakable crimes that his race has committed against my race.

It is a common failing of man not to take account of tempests during fair weather.

Conservation and rural-life policies are really two sides of the same policy; and down at the bottom this policy rests upon the fundamental law that neither man nor nation can prosper unless, in dealing with the present, thought is steadily given for the future.

The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come.

The cautious seldom err.

He who keeps danger in mind, is he who will rest safe in his seat; he who keeps ruin in mind, is he who will preserve his interests secure.

I told you this would happen. But, no, you had to go for the buffet, didn't you?

Everyone can recognize history when it happens. Everyone can recognize history after is has happened; but only the wise man knows at the moment what is vital and permanent, what is lasting and memorable.

What the wise do in the beginning, fools do in the end.

If you want to know what the future is, be part of its development.

Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. The person sitting in the shade now should be grateful for the person who planted and tended that tree. That includes all those benefactors of humanity throughout history that created, invented, financed, produced, maintained and improved all that we enjoy today.

Data is like garbage. You'd better know what you are going to do with it before you collect it.

Good players skate to the puck. Great players skate to where the puck is going to be.

Take care of what is difficult while it is still easy, and deal with what will become big while it is yet small.

Do nondoing, strive for non-stiving, savor the flavourless, make much of little, repay enmity with virture; plan for difficulty when it is still easy, do the great while it is still small.

Lay plans for the accomplishment of the difficult before it becomes difficult; make something big by starting with it when small.

The most evident difference between man and animals is this: the beast, in as much as it is largely motivated by the senses and with little perception of the past or future, lives only for the present. But man, because he is endowed with reason by which he is able to perceive relationships, sees the causes of things, understands the reciprocal nature of cause and effect, makes analogies, easily surveys the whole course of his life, and makes the necessary preparations for its conduct.

Don't wait to buy land, Buy land and wait. Find out where the people are going and buy the land before they get there.

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.

Face the simple fact before it comes involved. Solve the small problem before it becomes big.

The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision.

The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.

The statesman who yields to war fever must realise that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.

Look before, or you'll find yourself behind.

It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.

Treat the large as the small and the few as the many.

Prepare for the difficult while it is still easy. Deal with the big while it is still small. Difficult undertakings have always started with what easy. Great undertakings always started with what is small. Therefore the sage never strives for the great,And thereby the great is achieved.

Few people have any next, they live from hand to mouth without a plan, and are always at the end of their line.

What is worse than having no sight is being able to see but having no vision.

Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.

If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.

Figure out where you're going before you go there: he was told that a long time ago.

The greatest tragedy in life is people who have sight but no vision.

For the success,Although particular, shall give a scantlingOf good or bad unto the general;And in such indexes, although small pricksTo their subsequent volumes, there is seenThe baby figure of the giant massOf things to come at large.