Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes

I have no problem with the security... It's something that must be done for the times in which we live. Safety first.

Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

It is far better to foresee even without certainty than not to foresee at all.

We need to kind of refresh our fear in order to refresh our understanding of how a safe place works.

Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.

A man's own safety is a god that sometimes makes very grim demands.

A danger foreseen is half-avoided.

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

I'm a big supporter of safety.

Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

He who fails to plan is planning to fail.

It is better to anticipate than to react.

It's all well and good to look back after the fact and see what we should have done, but we rarely know what path is best when we take that first step.

No other protection is wanting, provided you are under the guidance of prudence.

It is better to prepare and prevent than it is to repair and repent.

To anticipate and prevent disasterous contingencies would be the part of wisdom and patriotism.

I may say that this is the greatest factor: the way in which the expedition is equipped, the way in which every difficulty is foreseen, and precautions taken for meeting or avoiding it. Victory awaits him who has everything in order, luck, people call it. Defeat is certain for him who has neglected to take the necessary precautions in time, this is called bad luck.

Prudence operates on life in the same manner as rule of composition; it produces vigilance rather than elevation; rather prevents loss than procures advantage; and often miscarriages, but seldom reaches either power or honor.

Precaution is better than a cure.

Safety is always a paramount concern for us.

If you don't choose to do it in leadership time up front, you do it in crisis management time down the road.

Sometimes rules are there to save your life.

Take care of what is difficult while it is still easy, and deal with what will become big while it is yet small.

There is no shadow of protection to be had by sheltering behind the slender stockades of visionary speculation, or by hiding behind the wagon-wheels of pacific theories.

Good planning avoids the need for fixing up a project that plowed ahead without thought... about potential pitfalls.