Lee Atwater Quotes

What is certain about the future is that even the best efforts to predict the conditions of future war will prove erroneous. What is important, however, is to not be so far off the mark that visions of the future run counter to the very nature of war and render American forces unable to adapt to unforeseen challenges.

To stay ahead, you must have your next idea waiting in the wings.

One cannot plan for the unexpected.

If there's one thing that's certain in business, it's uncertainty.

It doesn't always happen according to the way you have planned things out but I feel if you have covered most of the aspects, it does help out there in the middle.

One should expect that the expected can be prevented, but the unexpected should have been expected.

Be Prepared... the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by previous thinking out and practicing how to act on any accident or emergency so that he is never taken by surprise.

We know not of the future and cannot plan for it much.

No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.

You can't learn in school what the world is going to do next year.

We cannot assume that past successes will insure future successes.

Strategy is, at some level, the ability to predict what's going to happen, but it's also about understanding the context in which it is being formulated. And then you have to be open-minded to the fact that you're not going to get it right at the very beginning.

Look several months ahead, see where the obstacles lie, and figure out ways to overcome them.

I grew up military but have met very few women that have a mission plan for when things don't work out. I attack everything like that.

I do believe it is important to be future-ready with a portfolio to be able to deal with however the market evolves. This is better than just forecasting accurately but in having the weapons ready to deal with the uncertainties.

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

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

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

Go make yourself a plan And be a shining light. Then make yourself a second plan, For neither will come right.

Foresight is not about predicting the future, it's about minimizing surprise.

When you play against dirty players or very tough players, it's easy to escape because you know what they're going to do. But when the player is tough but intelligent, it's much more difficult.

Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the test of generals.

Well, you know, any defense force worth its salt has to be able to deal with uncertainty, has to be able to deal with events that we may not have planned for.

One of the things that I'm really proud of is that I have really good timing. It's very easy for me to see what's coming up and it's no coincidence that I went headfirst into wine and then headfirst into new media - none at all.

You gotta improvise in life. You gotta improv if the police pull you over.