Forethought Quotes

Forethought Quote of the day

I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief.... For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool.

Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.

Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.

The habit of saving is itself an education; it fosters every virtue, teaches self-denial, cultivates the sense of order, trains to forethought, and so broadens the mind.

Forethought spares afterthought.

A man exercising no forethought will soon experience present sorrow.

Worry is forethought gone to seed.

Having a sense of purpose is having a sense of self. A course to plot is a destination to hope for.

The necessary fiddling about and moving things can be greatly facilitated by a bit of forethought.

In life, as in chess, forethought wins.

For still I see that forethought spares afterthought and after-sorrow.

Treasures are not won by care and forethought but by swift slaying and reckless attack.

Nothing is more imminent than the impossible . . . what we must always foresee is the unforeseen.

He was too young to know that, in any novel with a reasonable amount of forethought, there were no coincidences.

He who exercises no forethought but makes light of his opponents is sure to be captured by them.

The man who knows when not to act is wise. To my mind bravery if forethought.

As a man without forethought scarcely deserves the name of a man, so forethought without reflection is but a metaphorical phrase for the instinct of a beast.

A resignation is a grave act; never performed by a right-minded man without forethought or with reserve.

I almost wish I'd had the forethought to eat a tree myself.

The present moment is ever the critical time. The future is merely for intelligent forethought.

To have too much forethought is the part of a wretch; to have too little is the part of a fool.

We anticipate our own happiness, and eat out the heart and sweetness of worldly pleasures by delightful forethought of them.

You can be an Olympic champion in 9.5 secs, but to be the greatest, there's more to it. It takes a bit of forethought and a lot of mental application.

Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]

The essentials are to learn to shape God with forethought, care, and work; to educate and benefit their community, their families and themselves; and to contribute to the fulfillment of the Destiny.

The Providence that watches over the affairs of men works out of their mistakes, at times, a healthier issue than could have been accomplished by their wisest forethought.

I want you to know that farmers are not going to be secondary thoughts to a Bush administration. They will be in the forethought of our thinking.

Whoever fails to turn aside the ills of life by prudent forethought, must submit to fulfill the course of destiny.

In perseverance, in self command, in forethought, in all virtues which conduce to success in life, the Scots have never been surpassed.

People who never had enough thrift and forethought to buy and pay for property in the first place seldom have enough to keep property up after they have gained it in some other way.

The first essential character [of civilization], I should say, is forethought. This, indeed, is what mainly distinguishes men from brutes and adults from children.

Science fiction is one of the smartest genres around because you have to have so much forethought.

Do not tax your life with forethought of grief.

Change takes time, forethought and knowledge, as well as an envisioned goal.

Avoid having to pump your brakes by keeping your flow on cruise control.