long-term thinking quotes

Sometimes if you jump into something too quickly, you can screw up something that might have been good two years down the road.

Why should I care about posterity? What’s posterity ever done for me?

I don’t think that you can invent on behalf of customers unless you’re willing to think long-term, because a lot of invention doesn’t work. If you’re going to invent, it means you’re going to experiment, and if you’re going to experiment, you’re going to fail, and if you’re going to fail, you have to think long term.

Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.

A child thinks 20 shillings and 20 years can scarce ever be spent.