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Quotations regarding 'Foresight'

8 entries

Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.

Napoleon Bonaparte, French Leader (1769-1821)

What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient but restless mind, of sacrificing one's ease or vanity, or uniting a love of detail to foresight, and of passing through hard times bravely and cheerfully.

Victor Cherbuliez, French Novelist (1829-1899)

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Thomas Hardy, English Novelist (1840-1928)

In action be primitive; in foresight, a strategist.

Edward Koch, American Politician (1924- )

When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.

John Lennon, English Musician (1940-1980)

Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight.

Henry R. Luce, American Editor (1898-1967)

Well, you give me too much credit for foresight and planning. I haven't got a clue what the hell I'm doing.

Robert B. Parker, American Writer (1932- )

If knowledge and foresight are too penetrating and deep, unify them with ease and sincerity.

Xun Zi, Chinese Philosopher

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