Anticipating Outcomes Quotes

He who exercises no forethought but makes light of his opponents is sure to be captured by them.

It pays to be prepared.

If I always appear prepared, it is because before entering an undertaking, I have meditated long and have foreseen what might occur. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly and secretly what I should do in circumstances unexpected by others; it is thought and preparation

By how much one man has more experience of things past, than another, by so much also he is more prudent, and his expectations the seldomer fail him.

He who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.

'Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems.

Expectation brings frustration. Private ambitions bring failures.

The best way is always to stop when you are going good and when you know what will happen next. If you do that every day when you are writing a novel you will never be stuck. That is the most valuable thing I can tell you so try to remember it.

If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.

Our expectations determine how we respond. Be careful what you expect.

Hindsight alone is not wisdom. And second-guessing is not a strategy.

We have to always look ahead enough moves to be well prepared, even for victory!

hindsight is not a strategy.

Expectations destroy our peace of mind. They are future disappointments, planned out in advance.

When schemes are laid in advance, it is surprising how often the circumstances will fit in with them.

In every affair consider what precedes and what follows, and then undertake it

You have to think a little smarter, be proactive, not reactive.

In my experience, previously counted chickens never do hatch.

The people who dream are very often the people who see, and dreaming and seeing precede doing.

At a very young age I was predicting outcomes, trying to take all the information and find the best route to wherever I was going. I avoided a lot of pitfalls because of that.

I remember sitting in my room and thinking of where it all went wrong and how I ended up losing control of everything, and I realized I hadn't asked myself one question: And then what? That was my most important lesson. I learned to think about the consequences before the action and that saves me, to this day, from a lot of trouble. If you play it down the line, you'll start making better choices.

I could think six shots ahead. It's no different to playing chess.

All the skills which I have acquired during my sociological life allow me to diagnose and explain what is going on, but not to predict what will happen.

I never like to talk about things until we're already successful. The moment you announce what you're thinking about doing, you've already created a ticking time bomb.

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