Quote by Seneca

“If we have made appropriate preparations, taking into account all possible misfortunes, so that we shall not be lost immediately if they occur, we…

— Carl von Clausewitz

“If good things are coming, they will be a pleasant surprise. If bad things are, and you know in advance, you will suffer greatly…

— Paulo Coelho

“Foreseeing the future, I would later learn, means nothing if there is nothing to be done to prevent it.”

— Leslye Walton

“To me, the grounds for hope are simply that we don’t know what will happen next, and that the unlikely and the unimaginable transpire…

— Rebecca Solnit

“Therefore, nothing ought to be unexpected by us. Our minds should be sent forward in advance to meet all problems, and we should consider,…

— Seneca

“Everything that has happened to others will happen to him, too. No one gets away.”

— Alain de Botton

“What He said He would do He always did, and the things we already see fulfilled in His Word simply remind us that what…

— David Jeremiah

“It will always take a good deal more courage to do something foolishly dangerous, when it is planned, than when it happens by surprise.”

— Steven J. Carroll

“Hope for the best, plan for the worst, but also try to be prepared for the unexpected.”

— Radovan Kavický

“The only guarantee, ever, is that things will go wrong. The only thing we can use to mitigate this is anticipation. Because the only…

— Ryan Holiday

“But some things, no matter how unlikely, are just supposed to happen. You know what I mean. Some things just smack of the future…

— Marisa de los Santos

“At the very moment when man is on the verge of realizing his hope, he begins to lose it.”

— Erich Fromm