Foresight Quotes - Page 3

• It is seldom in life that one knows that a coming event is to be of crucial importance.

  Anya Seton

  Events, Importance, Knows

  Anya Seton (2016). “The Turquoise”, p.143, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Do not neglect the principles of foresight and know that often, puffed up with success, armies have lost the fruit of their heroism through a feeling of false security.

  Frederick The Great

  Military, Army, Feelings

  Frederick the Great (2012). “Instructions for His Generals”, p.93, Courier Corporation

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• If I had better foresight, maybe I could have improved things a little bit. But frankly, if I had perfect foresight, I would never have taken this job in the first place.

  Richard F. Syron

  Jobs, Taken, Perfect

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• It is in vain to hope to guard against events too mighty for human foresight or precaution, and it would be idle to object to a government because it could not perform impossibilities.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Government, Events, Would Be

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (2014). “The Federalist Papers”, p.77, Courier Corporation

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• By playing at Chess then, we may learn... First: Foresight. Second: Circumspection. Third: Caution.

  Benjamin Franklin

  May, Playing Chess, Firsts

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• When any great design thou dost intend, Think on the means, the manner, and the end.

  John Denham

  Mean, Thinking, Design

  Sir John Denham (1709). “Poems and Translations: With the Sophy, a Tragedy”, p.150

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• Chess teaches foresight, by having to plan ahead; vigilance, by having to keep watch over the whole chess board; caution, by having to restrain ourselves from making hasty moves; and finally, we learn from chess the greatest maxim in life - that even when everything seems to be going badly for us we should not lose heart, but always hoping for a change for the better, steadfastly continue searching for the solutions to our problems.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Moving, Heart, Watches

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• Hope- the recognition, by true foresight, of better things to be reached here after.

  John Ruskin

  Recognition

  John Ruskin (1871). “Fors Clavigera: Letters to the Workmen and Labourers of Great Britain. Index”, p.74

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• In the financial markets, hindsight is forever 20/20, but foresight is legally blind. And thus, for most investors, market timing is a practical and emotional impossibility.

  Benjamin Graham

  Emotional, Forever, Investing

  Benjamin Graham (1965). “The Intelligent Investor: A Book of Practical Counsel”, p.23, Prabhat Prakashan

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• An entrepreneur cannot be trained. A man becomes and entrepreneur by seizing an opportunity and filling the gap. No special education is required for such a display of keen judgment, foresight, and energy.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Opportunity, Men, Entrepreneur

  Ludwig Von Mises (1963). “Human action: a treatise on economics”

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• It is vital to remember that information - in the sense of raw data - is not knowledge, that knowledge is not wisdom, and that wisdom is not foresight. But information is the first essential step to all of these.

  Arthur C. Clarke

  Knowledge, Data, Essentials

  "Humanity will survive information deluge - Sir Arthur C Clarke" by Nalaka Gunawardene, OneWorld South Asia, December 5, 2003.

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• Through adversity, not only are we given opportunity to discover our inner strength, we are also given the gift of foresight so we can shine a light for others who go through the experience after us.

  Rachael Bermingham

  Motivational, Adversity, Opportunity

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• If socialists mean that under extraordinary circumstances, for urgent cases, the State should set aside some resources to assist certain unfortunate people, to help them adjust to changing conditions, we will, of course, agree. This is done now; we desire that it be done better. There is however, a point on this road that must not be passed; it is the point where governmental foresight would step in to replace individual foresight and thus destroy it.

  Frederic Bastiat

  Mean, People, Desire

  "Justice and Fraternity". Journal des Économistes, June 15, 1848.

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• It's a bit counter-intuitive to think about the future in terms of the past. But...I've learned an important trick: to develop foresight, you need to practice hindsight. Technologies, cultures, and climates may change, but our basic human needs and desires - to survive, to care for our families, and to lead happy, purposeful lives - remain the same.' p 5

  Jane McGonigal

  Thinking, Past, Technology

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• There is no doubt that the time to act is now. It is now that timely action can avert disaster. It is now that with foresight and will such action can be taken without disturbing the essence of our way of life, by adjusting behaviour not altering it entirely.

  Tony Blair

  Taken, Essence, Doubt

  Tony Blair's Speech on the Environment and the 'Urgent Issue' of Climate Change, www.theguardian.com. September 15, 2004.

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• What a curious picture it is to find man, homo sapiens, of divine origin, we are told, seriously considering going underground to escape the consequences of his own folly. With a little wisdom and foresight, surely it is not yet necessary to forsake life in the fresh air and in the warmth of the sunlight. What a paradox if our own cleverness in science should force us to live underground with the moles.

  J. William Fulbright

  Men, Air, Moles

  "Fulbright of Arkansas: The Public Positions of a Private Thinker". Book by J. William Fulbright, 1963.

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• Seeking revenge: what a lack of foresight.

  Natalie Clifford Barney

  Revenge, Seeking, Seeking Revenge

  Natalie Clifford Barney, Anna Livia (1992). “A perilous advantage: the best of Natalie Clifford Barney”, New Victoria Pub

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• A visionary is someone who sees the future with both insight and foresight: Insight into the deeper causes and meaning of events in the world, and foresight, or an intuitive grasp of the big picture, such as the trajectory of politics and popular culture.

  Corinne McLaughlin

  Culture, World, Insight

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• Hindsight is a wonderful thing but foresight is better, especially when it comes to saving life, or some pain!

  William Blake

  Pain, Saving, Wonderful

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• Photography is a brief complicity between foresight and luck.

  John Stuart Mill

  Photography, Luck, Complicity

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• Hindsight is notably cleverer than foresight.

  Chester W. Nimitz

  Hindsight

  "The Magnificent Mitscher". Book by Theodore Taylor, 1954.

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• Not only in antiquity but in our own times also laws have been passed...to secure good conditions for workers; so it is right that the art of medicine should contribute its portion for the benefit and relief of those for whom the law has shown such foresight...[We] ought to show peculiar zeal...in taking precautions for their safety. I for one have done all that lay in my power, and have not thought it beneath me to step into workshops of the meaner sort now and again and study the obscure operations of mechanical arts.

  Bernardino Ramazzini

  Art, Health, Science

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• This antitrust thing will blow over.

  Bill Gates

  Blow, Antitrust

  "Gates Quoted As Seeing Case 'Blow Over'" by Steve Lohr, www.nytimes.com. November 11, 1998.

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• Childhood is never troubled with foresight.

  Fanny Burney

  Childhood

  Frances Burney, Fanny Burney (2015). “Complete Works of Frances Burney (Delphi Classics)”, p.583, Delphi Classics

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  Success is about dedication. You may not be where you want to be or do what you want to do when you're on the journey. But you've got to be willing to have vision and foresight that leads you to an incredible end.

  Usher

  Journey, Dedication, Vision

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