Angela Merkel Quotes

If I always appear prepared, it is because before entering an undertaking, I have meditated long and have foreseen what might occur. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly and secretly what I should do in circumstances unexpected by others; it is thought and preparation

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

Meticulous planning will enable everything a man does to appear spontaneous.

Foreknowledge is power.

Forethought spares afterthought.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming.

Before beginning, plan carefully.

Plans are nothing; planning is everything.

In life, as in chess, forethought wins.

I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.

Any plan is better than no plan.

I like to plan. I like to see the future.

The preparation is what allows the success to happen naturally.

My mother would say, 'Stay ready so you don't have to get ready.' I spent a lot of my early years preparing for beautiful moments that have unfolded in my life so far.

I don't do anything unless I think about it six months in advance.

I try to be two or three steps ahead of my guy, my opponent.

I'm the kind of person who visualizes things before doing them.

I go by the rule of Gretzky: you gotta be there before the puck gets there, or you're going to get beat.

As a player I think you naturally think long term and think what is the schedule in the next year or so.

An athlete needs to read situations before they happen.

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

I usually go in ahead of time, like at a rehearsal, or a meeting, and tell them, "It may appear that I'm going to go haywire, but I'm not." I always map out what I'm going to do. Still, a lot of it is improvised.

Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it comes.