Motivational Quotes

Planning

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

Best Quotes about Planning

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

Stein, Ben

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

Knox, Chuck

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

Before beginning, plan carefully.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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.

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

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

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.

No one was ever lost on a straight road.

Proverb, Indian

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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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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

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

Mikita, Stan

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

Caine, Mark

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

Argenti, John

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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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Success or failure is often determined on the drawing board.

Mckain, Robert J.

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

Peale, Norman Vincent

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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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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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Always be planning something.

Schindler, John A.

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

Kennedy, John F.

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

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

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

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Magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life.

Cornford, Frances

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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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One step at a time is good walking.

Proverb, Chinese

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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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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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Strategic planning will help you fully uncover your available options, set priorities for them, and define the methods to achieve them.

Mckain, Robert J.

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The loftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

Kempis, Thomas

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It is important not to ignore forecasts that are uncongenial.

Fowles, Jib

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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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Plans are nothing; planning is everything.

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

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

Cushing, Richard C.

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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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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

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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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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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Never begin the day until it is finished on paper.

Rohn, Jim

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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.

Hill, Napoleon

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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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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.