Motivational Quotes

Planning

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

Best Quotes about Planning

1.

The loftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

Kempis, Thomas

2.

No one was ever lost on a straight road.

Proverb, Indian

3.

A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.

Patton, George S.

4.

Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood...Make big plans, aim high in hope and work.

Daniel H. Burnham

5.

Developing the plan is actually laying out the sequence of events that have to occur for you to achieve your goal.

Morrisey, George L.

6.

It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.

Publilius Syrus

7.

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

8.

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

Lakein, Alan

9.

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

Hill, Napoleon

10.

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

11.

You win not by chance, but by preparation.

Maris, Roger

12.

Magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life.

Cornford, Frances

13.

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

Nightingale, Earl

14.

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

Confucius

15.

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

Coudert, Jo

16.

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

Mikita, Stan

17.

To be prepared is half the victory.

Cervantes, Miguel De

18.

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

Griggs, Richard E.

19.

It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.

Roosevelt, Eleanor

20.

Make your mold. The best flux in the world will not make a usable shape unless you have a mold to pour it in.

Collier, Robert

21.

When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people.

Proverb, Chinese

22.

The short- term plan, then, is an operative plan defining goals in writing and clearly indicating how these goals are to be carried out...

American Management

23.

Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed.

Guicciardini, Francesco

24.

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

Judd, H. Stanley

25.

A good system shortens the road to the goal.

Marden, Orison Swett

26.

Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.

Bayol, Ben

27.

For the happiest life, days should be rigorously planned, nights left open to chance.

McLaughlin, Mignon

28.

Meticulous planning will enable everything a man does to appear spontaneous.

Caine, Mark

29.

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

30.

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

Gilbert, Steven

31.

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

32.

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

33.

Plan more than you can do, then do it. Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it. Hitch your wagon to a star, keep your seat, and there you are

34.

The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor.

Bovee, Christian Nevell

35.

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

Knox, Chuck

36.

An intelligent plan is the first step to success. The man who plans knows where he is going, knows what progress he is making and has a pretty good idea when he will arrive.

Walsh, Basil S.

37.

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

38.

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

Kennedy, John F.

39.

If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.

Rohn, Jim

40.

Long-range planning works best in the short term

Evelyn, Doug

41.

Plan your progress carefully; hour-by hour, day-by-day, month-by-month. Organized activity and maintained enthusiasm are the wellsprings of your power.

Meyer, Paul J.

42.

Before you build a better mousetrap, it helps to know if there are any mice out there.

43.

We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.

Joseph Campbell

44.

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

45.

When you're dying of thirst it's too late to think about digging a well.

Proverb, Japanese

46.

It is important not to ignore forecasts that are uncongenial.

Fowles, Jib

47.

Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.

Peale, Norman Vincent

48.

Never begin the day until it is finished on paper.

Rohn, Jim

49.

It's never too late to start planning for the future.

50.

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.