Haruki Murakami Quotes

Joseph Bazalgette created a sewer system which he originally sized for London's needs of the time - he then doubled it to anticipate the future beyond. These are the qualities that I admire.

One of my great values that my father intuited, and indirectly taught me, is that you should always have a plan but be open to opportunity.

A nation has to look ahead.

If you think two steps ahead, you forget what's important in the now.

I think the best thing about my game is my vision. I see things happen before they do.

Pep Guardiola sees things before they happen, and that's an advantage - a massive plus.

If you do not look at things on a large scale, it will be difficult to master strategy.

It is better to anticipate than to react.

By playing at Chess then, we may learn: First: Foresight... Second: Circumspection... Third: Caution...And lastly, we learn by Chess the habit of not being discouraged by present bad appearances in the state of our affairs, the habit of hoping for a favorable chance, and that of persevering in the secrets of resources

Vision is a destination - a fixed point to which we focus all effort. Strategy is a route - an adaptable path to get us where we want to go.

Men of action," whose minds are too busy with the day's work to see beyond it. They are essential men, we cannot do without them, and yet we must not allow all our vision to be bound by the limitations of "men of action.

I do not like the phrase: Never cross a bridge till you come to it. The world is owned by men who cross bridges on their imaginations miles and miles in advance of the procession.

A man who does not think and plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.

The one-legged never stumble.

An inch of foreknowledge is worth ten miles of after-thought.

Vision rarely require immediate action. It requires patience.

However tight things are, you still need to have the big picture at the forefront of your mind.

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

Show me any top entertainer or top business executive, and I'll show you a guy who has mapped out his life from the very start.

I think one of the reasons I've been successful is that I can see things before other people do. I've always been able to do it.

I always looked ahead.

I've got a long-term plan.

I think three-to-five years ahead minimum. I have a short-term plan, a five-year plan and a decade plan.

Without vision you don't see, and without practicality the bills don't get paid.

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