James Thurber Quotes

Never count your chickens before you can stick a fork into them.

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

In my experience, previously counted chickens never do hatch.

It doesn't always happen according to the way you have planned things out but I feel if you have covered most of the aspects, it does help out there in the middle.

Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive.

Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.

We know not of the future and cannot plan for it much.

If you fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail.

You can never get complacent because a loss is always around the corner.

We should not get ourselves committed until we know how everything will come out.

I am someone who hopes for the best and prepares for the worst.

I really believe in hoping for the best and preparing for the worst.

There is no formula that will guarantee success in forecasting, no magic words that will part the clouds. The real problem, as the old saw puts it, is that the future lies ahead.

You can never assume that something is going to do well.

I never want to get caught with not expecting something.

I don't like to get too far ahead of myself.

Success is just around the corner, but I don't want to rush into anything.

Never expect anything, but plan for everything.

I plan for the best and expect the worst.

You have to make smart decisions, but you never know what will happen in the future.

It pays to be prepared.

What man would dare believe that all he planned might come to pass?

If somebody knew every time they did something it was going to be a hit there would never be any failures. Sadly, that's not how it works. You take nothing for granted.

You don't get points for predicting rain. You get points for building arks.