Anticipating Consequences Quotes

A man who does not think and plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.

Mostly I'm just writing books for the public, and so I try to describe for the public what the choices are, what they might have to expect in the future and so by warning people ahead of time maybe you have an effect.

‎"There’s no such thing as mistakes – only a lack of foresight.

Some people seem to think there's no trouble just because it hasn't happened yet. If you jump out the window at the 42nd floor and you're still doing fine as you pass the 27th floor, that doesn't mean you don't have a serious problem. I would want to address the problem right now.

If you had half as much brains as you have beard, you would have looked before you leaped.

If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future.

Who heeds not the future will find sorrow at hand

If we just create and don't think about what might happen, that's when we're going to get into trouble.

How much damage will have been done before we act?

Exploring how you could make a bad situation worse can sometimes tell you what not to do.

Caution is the daughter of circumspection, but she tends to outgrow her mother.

It is just human nature to take time to connect the dots, I know that. But I also know that there can be a day of reckoning when you wish you had connected the dots more quickly.

Cultivate the habit of thinking ahead, and of anticipating the necessary and immediate consequences of all your actions.... Likewise in your pleasures, ask yourself what such and such an amusement leads to, as it is essential to have an objective in everything you do. Any pastime that contributes nothing to bodily strength or to mental alertness is a totally ridiculous, not to say, idiotic, pleasure.

Look before you leap.

Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next.

Don't shortchange the future, because of fear in the present.

It was like when you make a move in chess and just as you take your finger off the piece, you see the mistake you've made, and there's this panic because you don't know yet the scale of disaster you've left yourself open to.

Look ere thou leap, see ere thou go.

Do you know what happens when you always look before you leap?" She reached out and touched his hand before hurrying toward the door. "You hardly ever make the jump.

People who expect to feel guilty tend to be more sympathetic, to put themselves into other people's shoes, to think about the consequences of their behaviour before acting, and to treasure their morals. As a result they are less prone to lie, cheat or behave immorally when they conduct a business deal or spot an opportunity to make money, studies suggest. They are also likely to make better employees because people who think less about the future results of their actions are more likely to be late, to steal or to be rude to clients.

As a man without forethought scarcely deserves the name of a man, so forethought without reflection is but a metaphorical phrase for the instinct of a beast.

A moment of consideration often prevents a thousand apologies

If history has a habit of repeating itself, doesn't someone have to stay behind to shout out a warning?