Motivational Quotes

Planning

It is important not to ignore forecasts that are uncongenial.

- Fowles, Jib

Best Quotes about Planning

1.

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

Confucius

2.

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

Coudert, Jo

3.

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.

4.

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

5.

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

Hale, Edward Everett

6.

Many things difficult in design prove easy in performance.

Johnson, Samuel

7.

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

8.

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

Roosevelt, Eleanor

9.

Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

Yeats, William Butler

10.

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

Knox, Chuck

11.

I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks.

Churchill, Winston

12.

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

Gilbert, Steven

13.

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

14.

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

Euripides

15.

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

16.

It is important not to ignore forecasts that are uncongenial.

Fowles, Jib

17.

Always be planning something.

Schindler, John A.

18.

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

Nightingale, Earl

19.

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

Cushing, Richard C.

20.

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

21.

We always plan too much and always think too little.

Schumpeter, Joseph A.

22.

A good system shortens the road to the goal.

Marden, Orison Swett

23.

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

Ziglar, Zig

24.

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

25.

I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.

Disraeli, Benjamin

26.

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

27.

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

Paul, Jean

28.

Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.

Bayol, Ben

29.

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

30.

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

31.

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.

32.

At all times it is better to have a method.

Caine, Mark

33.

Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming meet.

Hugo, Victor

34.

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

Osler, Sir William

35.

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

36.

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

Curtis, Donald

37.

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

38.

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

39.

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

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

40.

Never begin the day until it is finished on paper.

Rohn, Jim

41.

One step at a time is good walking.

Proverb, Chinese

42.

It takes time to save time.

Taylor, Joe

43.

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

44.

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.

45.

To be prepared is half the victory.

Cervantes, Miguel De

46.

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

Griggs, Richard E.

47.

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

Nelson, Paula

48.

Failing to plan is planning to fail.