Motivational Quotes

Planning

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

- Gilbert, Steven

Best Quotes about Planning

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

Thomas A. Edison

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

McLaughlin, Mignon

No one was ever lost on a straight road.

Proverb, Indian

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

Knox, Chuck

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

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

Nightingale, Earl

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

He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through a labyrinth of the most busy life.

Hugo, Victor

Before beginning, plan carefully.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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

Morrisey, George L.

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

Euripides

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Failing to plan is planning to fail.

Lakein, Alan

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

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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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The loftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

Kempis, Thomas

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

Mikita, Stan

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Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

Yeats, William Butler

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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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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

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Plans are nothing; planning is everything.

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

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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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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

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

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If we had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great many more mistakes.

Trotsky, Leon

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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

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

Lakein, Alan

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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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It is important not to ignore forecasts that are uncongenial.

Fowles, Jib

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We always plan too much and always think too little.

Schumpeter, Joseph A.

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Cushing, Richard C.

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

Stein, Ben

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Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.

Milne, A. A.

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It takes time to save time.

Taylor, Joe

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

Churchill, Winston

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

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It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.

Publilius Syrus

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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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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