“Plan for the worst, expect the best.”

“Hope for the best, expect the worst.”

“Hope for the best. Expect the worst.
The world's a stage. We're unrehearsed.
No way of knowing which way it's going.
Take your chances, there are no answers.
Hope for the best. Expect the worst.”

“Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.”

“Hope for the best. Expect the worst.
The world's a stage. We're unrehearsed.”

“Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.”

“We must not, however, see everything with a pessimist’s eyes. Our eyes should be set upon a bright star and always expecting the best, rather than always expecting for the worst cases to happen.”

“No one ever asks a kid for her opinion, but it seems to me that growing up means you stop hoping for the best, and start expecting the worst.”

“I love listening to Alphaville, sometimes I take words from Alphaville and make them mine for example “Hoping for the best, but expecting the worst.”

“Look, the point is there's no way to be a hundred percent sure about anyone or anything. So you're left with a choice. Either hope for the best or just expect the worst.”