Motivational Quotes

Planning

Always plan ahead. It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark.

- Cushing, Richard C.

Best Quotes about Planning

Success or failure is often determined on the drawing board.

Mckain, Robert J.

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

The end we aim at must be known, before the way can be made.

Paul, Jean

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

One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast withers as rapidly; and that which grows slow endures.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

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

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Stein, Ben

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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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Always be planning something.

Schindler, John A.

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A good system shortens the road to the goal.

Marden, Orison Swett

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Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.

Euripides

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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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We need a sense of the value of time -- that is, of the best way to divide one's time into one's various activities.

Bennett, Arnold

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Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed.

Guicciardini, Francesco

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

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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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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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Plans are nothing; planning is everything.

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

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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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Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

Yeats, William Butler

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The loftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

Kempis, Thomas

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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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Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.

Bayol, Ben

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

Curtis, Donald

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

Confucius

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To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Roosevelt, Eleanor

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At all times it is better to have a method.

Caine, Mark

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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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Always plan ahead. It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark.

Cushing, Richard C.

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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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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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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

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Before beginning, plan carefully.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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

Knox, Chuck

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Few people have any next, they live from hand to mouth without a plan, and are always at the end of their line.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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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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.