George S. Patton Quotes

I learned two basic lessons on Everest. First, just because something has worked in the past does not mean it will work today. Second, different challenges require different mindsets.

The future is always coming up with surprises for us, and the best way to insulate yourself from these surprises is to diversify.

Sometimes it's good to be ready for the unpredictable. I'm glad that I can go through unpredictable situations. It's a good thing.

Every time I thought I've seen every possible scenario, something else comes up. You just have to be prepared at every level.

It's so important to be ready for whatever is going to be thrown at you.

If anybody knows that you need to be prepared regardless of the situation, that's me.

The one thing we know about the future is that it will not be like today. I don't think that people should be too anxious about not knowing what they are going to do in the future, because we really can't know.

Security... it's simply the recognition that changes will take place and the knowledge that you're willing to deal with whatever happens.

The future is inherently full of discontinuities, and lessons of the past must be applied with enormous caution.

Adaptability is a great asset to have because life is so unpredictable, and things can change overnight for any of us.

Don't worry about what happens when things go wrong; just accept that they're going to, and figure out how do you want to cope with it when it does.

It's good to plan, but you just never know.

If you can, anticipate that life is going to be full of detours.

You don't know what's going to happen in our business a year from now... so you have to be flexible and adaptable, and that's what we try to do.

We simply have never been able to predict what our next challenge will be.

You need to be ready for all situations.

Every competition is different... You can't plan for everything that happens.

If you can prepare yourself to the best of your abilities and react to the situation, things will fall into place.

There's nothing wrong with a plan, but remember Von Moltke's famous dictum that no plan survives first contact with the enemy. The danger is a plan that seduces us into thinking failure is impossible and adaptation is unnecessary - a kind of ‘Titanic' plan, unsinkable (until it hits the iceberg).

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

Hope is man's preparation for the unknown.

All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen.

The thing that's important to know is that you never know. You're always sort of feeling your way.

I should try to get some sleep as one doesn't know what tomorrow may bring.

History shows you don't know what the future brings.