Motivational Quotes

Planning

Magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life.

- Cornford, Frances

Best Quotes about Planning

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

Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed.

Guicciardini, Francesco

Always be planning something.

Schindler, John A.

Can you think of anything more permanently elating than to know that you are on the right road at last?

Howard, Vernon

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

Nelson, Paula

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

Judd, H. Stanley

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

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

Patton, George S.

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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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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Divide your movements into easy-to-do sections. If you fail, divide again.

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

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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.

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There is in the act of preparing, the moment you start caring.

Churchill, Winston

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Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.

Bayol, Ben

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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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Success or failure is often determined on the drawing board.

Mckain, Robert J.

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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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There is no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the end from the beginning.

Klemme, E. J.

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

Proverb, Chinese

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We always plan too much and always think too little.

Schumpeter, Joseph A.

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It is important not to ignore forecasts that are uncongenial.

Fowles, Jib

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Never begin the day until it is finished on paper.

Rohn, Jim

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

Homer

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

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You win not by chance, but by preparation.

Maris, Roger

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

Stein, Ben

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For every minute spent in organizing, an hour is earned.

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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

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

Thomas A. Edison

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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

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Don't be a time manager, be a priority manager. Cut your major goals into bite-sized pieces. Each small priority or requirement on the way to ultimate goal become a mini goal in itself.

Waitley, Denis

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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

36.

It takes time to save time.

Taylor, Joe

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Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. Before you retire, save. Before you die, give.

Ward, William A.

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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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Planning without action is futile, action without planning is fatal

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Long-range planning works best in the short term

Evelyn, Doug

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PLANNING VS REACTING: How organized are you? Could your life be called a ballet or is it a hockey game (or a pin-ball machine)? However, even in a hockey game, good hockey player learn to skate to where the puck WILL BE.

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In complex situations, we may rely too heavily on planning and forecasting and underestimate the importance of random factors in the environment.That reliance can also lead to delusions of control.

Einhorn, Hillel J.

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A first-rate Organizer is never in a hurry. He is never late. He always keeps up his sleeve a margin for the unexpected.

Bennett, Arnold

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If you have accomplished all that you have planned for yourself, you have not planned enough

Hale, Edward Everett

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For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it.

Henry, Patrick

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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?