The only way never to do the wrong thing is never to do anything.

Quote by Jim Butcher

Topics: Cowardice Quotes, Inaction Quotes, Life Quotes

Where instinct fails, intellect must venture.

Where instinct fails, intellect must venture.

One can have only as much preparation as he has foresight.

One can have only as much preparation as he has foresight.

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

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

In every living thing there is the desire for love.

In every living thing there is the desire for love.

Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.

Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

In action be primitive; in foresight, a strategist.

In action be primitive; in foresight, a strategist.

Vengeance has no foresight

Vengeance has no foresight

Foresight of phenomenon and power over them depend on knowledge of their sequences, and not...

Foresight of phenomenon and power over them depend on knowledge of their sequences, and not...

Human foresight often leaves its proudest possessor only a choice of evils

Human foresight often leaves its proudest possessor only a choice of evils

I didn't want to be so shortsighted as to be worrying about diaper rash, and...

I didn't want to be so shortsighted as to be worrying about diaper rash, and...

The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of...

The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of...

You shouldn't have a long-term strategy anymore, because you won't be able to move fast...

You shouldn't have a long-term strategy anymore, because you won't be able to move fast...

Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is...

Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is...

It is a consolation or a misfortune that the wrong kind of people are too...

It is a consolation or a misfortune that the wrong kind of people are too...

Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at...

Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at...

When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have...

When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have...

Mentor: Someone whose hindsight can become your foresight

Mentor: Someone whose hindsight can become your foresight

Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.

Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.