Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.

It's better to have security and not need it than need it and not have it.

Precaution is better than a cure.

A danger foreseen is half-avoided.

When something bad happens, you're bound to be doubly careful.

At the end of the day, the goals are simple: safety and security.

I don't try to describe the future. I try to prevent it.

The only thing to prevent what's past is to put a stop to it before it happens.

Before I make a mistake, I don't make that mistake.

Never wait for trouble.

He that fears danger in time seldom feels it.

I never want to get caught with not expecting something.

It pays to be prepared.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it comes.

He who foresees calamities, suffers them twice over.

I really believe my greatest service is in the many unwise steps I prevent.

It's easier to stop bad things than to pass good things.

I try to prepare for everything beyond the extent of preparation.

A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.

If you don't have reservations, you're a fool. You can't go blind into something.

There's not a single strike that good preparation can't negate.

Prevention is the daughter of intelligence.

The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it.

The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of time... and you can't see it if you refuse to face the possibility.