Motivational Quotes

Planning

Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of action without thought.

- Baruch, Bernard M.

Best Quotes about Planning

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

Thomas A. Edison

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.

Churchill, Winston

A plan is a list of actions arranged in whatever sequence is thought likely to achieve an objective.

Argenti, John

Most people are content to let perfect days happen at random rather than PLAN for them.

Plan well before you take the journey. Remember the carpenter's rule: Measure twice, cut once.

Always have a plan, and believe in it. Nothing happens by accident.

Knox, Chuck

Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of action without thought.

Baruch, Bernard M.

It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.

Publilius Syrus

Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it. Plan more than you can do, then do it.

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The person who doesn't know where his next dollar is coming from usually doesn't know where his last dollar went.

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First you write down your goal; your second job is to break down your goal into a series of steps, beginning with steps which are absurdly easy.

Dodson, Fitzhugh

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Always be planning something.

Schindler, John A.

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If you plan to win as I do, the game never ends.

Mikita, Stan

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Some self-confronting questions: Where do I want to be at any given time? How am I going to get there? What do I have to do to get myself from where I am to where I want to be?... What's the first, small step I can take to get moving?

Ford, George A.

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The wise man bridges the gap by laying out the path by means of which he can get from where he is to where he wants to go.

Morgan, John Pierpont

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With a definite, step-by-step plan -- ah, what a difference it makes! You cannot fail, because each step carries you along to the next, like a track

Reed, Scott

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Zeus does not bring all men's plans to fulfillment.

Homer

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Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.

Bayol, Ben

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When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.

Thomas Paine

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A trend is a trend is a trend. But the question is, will it bend? Will it alter its course through some unforeseen force and come to a premature end?

Cairncross, Alec

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Planning is an unnatural process; it is much more fun to do something. The nicest thing about not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise, rather than being preceded by a period of worry and depression.

Harvey-Jones, John

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What do you want to achieve or avoid? The answers to this question are objectives. How will you go about achieving your desire results? The answer to this you can call strategy.

Rothschild, William E.

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In order to plan your future wisely, it is necessary that you understand and appreciate your past.

Coudert, Jo

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I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks.

Churchill, Winston

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Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now.

Lakein, Alan

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Planning ahead is a measure of class. The rich and even the middle class plan for future generations, but the poor can plan ahead only a few weeks or days.

Steinem, Gloria

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Thoroughness characterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains. All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinite painstaking, even to the minutest detail.

Hubbard, Elbert

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He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through a labyrinth of the most busy life.

Hugo, Victor

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All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.

Nightingale, Earl

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Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.

Landry, Tom

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The structure will automatically provide the pattern for the action which follows.

Curtis, Donald

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Many things difficult in design prove easy in performance.

Johnson, Samuel

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Failing to plan is planning to fail.

Lakein, Alan

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The best business plans are straightforward documents that spell out the who, what, where, why, and how much...

Nelson, Paula

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A good plan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the best way to get there.

Judd, H. Stanley

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You win not by chance, but by preparation.

Maris, Roger

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If we can't figure something out in three weeks, we probably shouldn't bother.

Gilbert, Steven

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Everything someone does on a daily basis should be traceable back to an annual or quarterly plan.

Griggs, Richard E.

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When schemes are laid in advance, it is surprising how often the circumstances will fit in with them.

Osler, Sir William

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To be prepared is half the victory.

Cervantes, Miguel De

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Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you are ready or not, to put this plan into action.

Napoleon Hill

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Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.

Hill, Napoleon

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Somewhere there is a map of how it can be done.

Stein, Ben

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He who every morning plans the transaction of the day and follows out that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through the maze of the most busy life. But where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incidence, chaos will soon reign.

Victor Hugo

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Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists between where you are now and the goal you intend to reach.

Nightingale, Earl

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Many people spend more time in planning the wedding than they do in planning the marriage

Ziglar, Zig

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Before beginning, plan carefully.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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Every well built house started in the form of a definite purpose plus a definite plan in the nature of a set of blueprints.