Lee Child Quotes

Plan for the worst, expect the best.

The military has to think in terms of worst case scenarios. In a sense, they have to play the pessimist.

You can’t prepare for the best case; you have to prepare for the worst case.

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

Hope for the best, expect the worst.

Well, you know, any defense force worth its salt has to be able to deal with uncertainty, has to be able to deal with events that we may not have planned for.

In the military we plan for the worst case, because we have learned that if you do not, you will be surprised.

Sometimes we have to think very clearly about the unthinkable because the unthinkable sometimes happens.

I’ve worked as a leader for many years and I’ve always trained myself to be prepared for the worst.

There is nothing we can do to assure that this will never happen, but there is a lot we can do to assure that it happens more rarely.

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

I have a 'hope for the best, expect the worst' mentality.

I always prepare for the worst.

The optimist lives on the peninsula of infinite possibilities; the pessimist is stranded on the island of perpetual indecision.

there's no harm in hoping for the best as long as you're prepared for the worst.

Keep a light, hopeful heart. But ­expect the worst.

I'm always prepared for the worst.

We're all born pessimists. It takes effort to be optimistic.

The optimist pleasantly ponders how high his kite will fly; the pessimist woefully wonders how soon his kite will fall.

As idiotic as optimism can sometimes seem, it has a weird habit of paying off.

I'm not an optimist. I'm hopeful.

Always plan for the worst, child; that way, all your surprises will be pleasant ones.

I couldn't survive my own pessimism if I didn't have some kind of sunny little dream.

It's better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right

Pessimists calculate the odds. Optimists believe they can overcome them.