Joseph Joubert Quotes

Prognostics do not always prove prophecies, at least the wisest prophets make sure of the event first.

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

I would rather stop too soon than too late.

We have to keep an eye on the future with a sense of the past in every passing moment of the present.

Think today and speak tomorrow

All great Peoples are conservative; slow to believe in novelties; patient of much error in actualities.

Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it comes.

Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.

The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future.

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

The educator must above all understand how to wait; to reckon all effects in the light of the future, not of the present.

Precaution is better than cure.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.

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

He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.

I try to prepare for everything beyond the extent of preparation.

That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.

A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.

We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past; and we must respect the past, remembering that it was once all that was humanly possible.

Happy is the person who knows what to remember of the past, what to enjoy in the present, and what to plan for in the future.

It is not good to cross the bridge before you get to it.

A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult.

He that fears danger in time seldom feels it.