William Feather Quotes

We shouldn't just live for today; we should prepare for tomorrow.

By all means take thought for the tomorrow, yes, careful thought and planning and preparation. But have no anxiety.

Studies indicate that most of young adults struggle to grasp even the most basic financial principles that will allow them to manage money and prepare for their future.

It is not good to cross the bridge before you get to it.

Sir, that much prudence calls for too much worry; I cannot foresee misfortunes so far away.

You are the only young man that I know of who ignores the fact that the future becomes the present, the present the past, and the past turns into everlasting regret if you don't plan for it.

It pays to be prepared.

Look before, or you'll find yourself behind.

Forethought spares afterthought.

The wise man guards against the future as if it were the present.

Some people worry. Others prepare.

I don't know what's waiting for me around the corner and I don't know what else I'm going to be doing in the future - but you've got to enjoy things while you're doing them. There are tough times and mountains to climb, but you've got to go for it.

If I fret over tomorrow, I'll have little joy today.

You can't get a suit of armour and a rubber chicken just like that. You have to plan ahead.

Never forget that anticipation is an important part of life.

Why should all life be work, when we all can borrow. Let's think only of today, and not worry about tomorrow.

Life's too short for anxious score-keeping

He who has not first laid his foundations may be able with great ability to lay them afterwards, but they will be laid with trouble to the architect and danger to the building.

The step between prudence and paranoia is short and steep. Prudence wears a seat belt. Paranoia avoids cars. Prudence washes with soap. Paranoia avoids human contact. Prudence saves for old age. Paranoia hoards even trash. Prudence prepares and plans, paranoia panics. Prudence calculates the risk and takes the plunge. Paranoia never enters the water.

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.

When one plan that you have, to get this or to get that, to advance in the world, or whatever it might be, when that seems in danger of veering off the path you have set for it, you have your emergency plan ready. And in simple language what that emergency plan is, what you put into operation, is called worry. If you can worry you are occupied, and what an incredible human situation it is!

Don't worry about something going away; enjoy it while it's happening. And don't worry about something that's not even real.

If we are wise, let us prepare for the worst.

He who does not stretch himself according to the coverlet finds his feet uncovered.

hindsight is not a strategy.