Norman Foster Quotes

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

Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming.

Foresight has been a distinguishing characteristic of all truly great political, religious, and social betterment leaders.

A leader not only has to be in the center but also be in the future.

We are never complacent. My job is to make us look 10 years out and be prepared.

One can have only as much preparation as he has foresight.

I always looked ahead.

There are people that go ahead, that see problems before the rest, that take decisions before the rest.

One who does not look ahead remains behind.

A nation has to look ahead.

I hold that man in the right who is most closely in league with the future.

Leaders don't look backwards to condemn what has already been done; they look forward to create a better future.

Leaders don't look behind; they don't look to the side - they look ahead.

Talking about Pep is hard, he is just a genius. He tries to change things when we need to and it works. He is something else.

In my own work, I've tried to anticipate what's coming over the horizon, to hasten its arrival, and to apply it to people's lives in a meaningful way.

Thinking about the future is fundamentally important to dealing with the challenges of today.

It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.

I'm always looking to the future and what will next be on the horizon.

Plans are nothing; planning is everything.

I have always been fascinated with those who try to look over the horizon and see things that are coming at us.

When you're thirsty it's too late to think about digging a well.

Leaders are people who ‘walk ahead,’ people genuinely committed to deep changes, in themselves and in their organizations.

I never heard in my entire life that a man was overprepared for anything. I am overprepared in my life. What's wrong with being ambitious, being overprepared, being one step ahead?

I live in the present with an eye on the future.

We must be headlights and not taillights.