Quotes about Foresight
I've concluded that while nobody plans to mess up their life, the problem is that a few of us plan not to. That is, we don't put the necessary safeguards in place to ensure a happy ending.
— Andy Stanley
Which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
— Anonymous
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
— Anonymous
History teaches us the mistakes we are going to make.
— Anonymous
Keep your words soft and tender because tomorrow you may have to eat them.
— Anonymous
He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
— Anonymous
Prudence is foresight and far-sightedness. It's the ability to make immediate decisions on the basis of their longer-range effects.
— John Ortberg
The unbearableness of the future is easier to face than that of the present if only because human foresight is much more destructive than anything that the future can bring about.
— Joseph Brodsky
Foresight has been a distinguishing characteristic of all truly great political, religious, and social betterment leaders.
— John Mott
He realized suddenly that it was one thing to see the past occupying the present, but the true test of prescience was to see the past in the future. Things persisted in not being what they seemed.
— Frank Herbert
You don't see much of any path unless you are Janus, looking simultaneously backward and forward.
— Frank Herbert
It is far better to win a battle through skilled leadership and wise decisions than violence and bloodshed. It may not seem as glorious to the uninitiated, but in the end it results in fewer wounds--of any kind.
— Frank Herbert