Jean Racine Quotes

He who foresees calamities, suffers them twice over.

My gran'ther's rule was safer 'n 'tis to crow: Don't never prophesy — onless ye know.

I would rather worry without need than live without heed.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Let him remember that many before now have tried to chastise a wrongdoer, and failing to punish their enemy have not even saved themselves; while many who have trusted in force to gain an advantage, instead of gaining anything more, have been doomed to lose what they had. Vengeance is not necessarily successful because wrong has been done, or strength sure because it is confident; but the incalculable element in the future exercises the widest influence, and is the most treacherous, and yet in fact the most useful of all things, as it frightens us all equally, and thus makes us consider before attacking each other.

I hope, George, that you know what you're doing.

You would not get out of bed in the morning if you were constantly worrying about the possibility of something happening to you on your way to work. But it is still something to pay attention to, I think.

Fear, indeed, is the mother of foresight.

The personal threat is something that's always been a part of our lives.

I am always worried when someone says, 'This is perfect.'

It is not like I have gone crazy, I just don't want to take any chances. You never know what could happen.

I worry about the world.

I think that as you get older, you become aware of everything that could go wrong.

It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.

I'm anxious about work, the future, friendships, past relationships... I'm just one of those people that, whatever I'm doing, it's a big worry.

I really believe my greatest service is in the many unwise steps I prevent.

One should proceed with caution. We may simply not be wise enough to do some of the kinds of engineering things that people are talking about doing.

When in doubt, don't.

It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down.

Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine.

I can't live my life worrying about something that might never happen.

If you look at life one way, there is always cause for alarm.

Our fears are an amazing gift of the imagination... a way of glimpsing what might be the future when there's still time to influence how that future will play out.

My only fear is the unknown.

Uncertainty's not good for anybody.