Lao Tzu Quotes

It is better to prepare and prevent than it is to repair and repent.

It's better to be prepared than to get ready.

Lay plans for the accomplishment of the difficult before it becomes difficult; make something big by starting with it when small.

When you're thirsty it's too late to think about digging a well.

The earlier you start to solve a problem, the less draconian the solution needs to be.

I may say that this is the greatest factor: the way in which the expedition is equipped, the way in which every difficulty is foreseen, and precautions taken for meeting or avoiding it. Victory awaits him who has everything in order, luck, people call it. Defeat is certain for him who has neglected to take the necessary precautions in time, this is called bad luck.

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

The one who anticipates the action wins. The one who does not, loses.

It's better to prepare than to repair.

You don't get points for predicting rain. You get points for building arks.

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

It doesn't always happen according to the way you have planned things out but I feel if you have covered most of the aspects, it does help out there in the middle.

Thinking about the future is fundamentally important to dealing with the challenges of today.

It is far better to foresee even without certainty than not to foresee at all.

My mother taught me that it is important to be prepared for a last-minute polish.

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.

We can't cross that bridge until we come to it, but I always like to lay down a pontoon ahead of time.

So if you stay ready, you ain't gotta get ready, and that is how I run my life.

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

Before beginning, plan carefully.

I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.

One who does not look ahead remains behind.

Foreknowledge is power.

I think you have to see two steps ahead of things. That's just the way I roll.

Is anything, in all respects, so influential as consideration? Does it not, by a kindly anticipation, create the divisions of the active life itself, in a manner rehearsing and arranging beforehand what has to be done?