Quotes about Foresight

Preparations are good in life, prologues ruinous.

A good hunter did not rush into a den of lions unprepared, and Dante was a very good hunter.

The apprehension of God's infinite knowledge should fill the Christian with adoration. The whole of my life stood open to His view from the beginning. He foresaw my every fall, my every sin, my every backsliding; yet, nevertheless, fixed His heart upon me. Oh, how the realization of this should bow me in wonder and worship before Him!

The best of seers is he who guesses well.

People recognize something's going to happen, and they'd better get ready.

The right thing at a wrong time is a wrong thing.

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

Yes, a genuine expert can always foretell a thing that is five hundred years away easier than he can a thing that's only five hundred seconds off.

Think with the end in mind. Before you go on a trip, you determine your destination and plan out the best route. Before you plant a garden, you plan it out in your mind, possibly on paper. You create speeches on paper before you give them, you envision the landscaping in your yard before you landscape it. You design the clothes you make before you thread the needle.

Don't poison a river whose fish you might need tomorrow.

Love what is ahead by loving what has come before.

If a crystal ball gives God any advantage, then you've got a stupid God.