Forethought Quotes
36 quotes by 34 authors
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Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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A resignation is a grave act; never performed by a right minded man without forethought or with reserve.
— Salmon P. Chase
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The man who knows when not to act is wise. To my mind bravery if forethought.
— Euripides
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Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.
— Thucydides
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The memory should be specially taxed in youth, since it is then that it is strongest and most tenacious. But in choosing the things that…
— Arthur Schopenhauer
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The essentials are to learn to shape God with forethought, care, and work; to educate and benefit their community, their families and themselves; and to…
— Octavia Butler
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The first essential character [of civilization], I should say, is forethought. This, I would say, is what distinguishes men from brutes and adults from children.
— Bertrand Russell
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The most basic task of any museum must be the protection of works of cultural significance entrusted to its care for the edification and pleasure…
— Martin Filler
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The Providence that watches over the affairs of men works out of their mistakes, at times, a healthier issue than could have been accomplished by…
— James Anthony Froude
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Wisdom, prudence, forethought, these are essential. But not second to these that noble courage which adventures the right, and leaves the consequences to God.
— Robert Dale Owen
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I approach my life with logic. I do not act on impulse or emotion. I very seldom find that I say, 'And then I can't…
— Quentin Crisp
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Socrates famously said that the unconsidered life is not worth living. He meant that a life lived without forethought or principle is a life so…
— A.C. Grayling
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Forethought spares afterthought.
— Amelia Barr
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I do give a great deal of forethought and zone in on character and all sorts of things like that. Never before have I just…
— Greg Kinnear
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The necessary fiddling about and moving things can be greatly facilitated by a bit of forethought.
— Carroll Smith
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He who exercises no forethought but makes light of his opponents is sure to be captured by them.
— Sun Tzu
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Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must…
— Thomas A. Edison
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When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and…
— Wendell Berry
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One day,' Orest said, looking at him comically, 'you will say something that is less than practical and sensible, something that is driven by no…
— Mercedes Lackey
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I dream of a true husband—a good man, not a brute, nor a champion of men on the battlefield; I dream but of a gentle…
— A.A. Attanasio
Who Wrote These Forethought Quotes
34 authors contributed a total of 36 Forethought Quotes, led by these top contributors: