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Quotes about Anticipation

Just like folks. Put off as long as she could having to be brave, knowing all the time that sooner or later she would have to be brave once so she could keep on calling herself a dog, and knowing beforehand what was going to happen when she done it.
— William Faulkner
there's always somebody handy afterward to prove their foresight by your hindsight.
— William Faulkner
As you look at your life look at your goals and dreams, it's better to be prepared for an opportunity not have one than have an opportunity and not be prepared. If you expect to reach your goal prepare yourself now.
— Les Brown
Who knows what exciting things might be just over the next hill.
— Janette Oke
How I looked forward to having my house neat and orderly again.
— Janette Oke
A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in advance. But this is afterward deducted, for the more we look forward to anything the less we enjoy it when it comes.
— Arthur Schopenhauer
Psychologists have correctly said that when one is truly ready for a thing, it puts in its appearance. Barnes was ready for a business association with Edison, moreover, he was Determined to remain ready until he got that which he was seeking.
— Napoleon Hill
Through the aid of the sixth sense, you will be warned of impending dangers in time to avoid them, and notified of opportunities in time to embrace them.
— Napoleon Hill
Everything was going according to plan. What caught me off guard, however, was the fact that this eagerly awaited phase brought a sense of loss to me that triggered a whole new wave of soul searching I had not anticipated.
— Carolyn Custis James
Tu qui sedes in tenebris spe tua gaude: orta stella matutina, sol non tardabit.
— Thomas Merton
Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of the long day makes that day happier.
— Kathleen Norris
Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier. [Allein schon das Wissen, dass einen am Ende eines langen Tages ein gutes Buch erwartet, macht diesen Tag zu einem glücklicheren.]
— Kathleen Norris