Motivational Quotes

Planning

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

- Griggs, Richard E.

Best Quotes about Planning

1.

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

2.

Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

Yeats, William Butler

3.

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

4.

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

Roosevelt, Eleanor

5.

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

Patton, George S.

6.

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

Paul, Jean

7.

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

Osler, Sir William

8.

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

Nightingale, Earl

9.

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

10.

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

Peale, Norman Vincent

11.

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

Coudert, Jo

12.

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

Argenti, John

13.

It is important not to ignore forecasts that are uncongenial.

Fowles, Jib

14.

A good system shortens the road to the goal.

Marden, Orison Swett

15.

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

16.

We always plan too much and always think too little.

Schumpeter, Joseph A.

17.

At all times it is better to have a method.

Caine, Mark

18.

Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed.

Guicciardini, Francesco

19.

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

20.

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

21.

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

22.

Many things difficult in design prove easy in performance.

Johnson, Samuel

23.

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

24.

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

Caine, Mark

25.

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

Mckain, Robert J.

26.

Before beginning, plan carefully.

Cicero, Marcus T.

27.

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

28.

To be prepared is half the victory.

Cervantes, Miguel De

29.

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.

30.

Never begin the day until it is finished on paper.

Rohn, Jim

31.

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.

32.

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

Nelson, Paula

33.

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

Klemme, E. J.

34.

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

35.

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

Knox, Chuck

36.

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

37.

One step at a time is good walking.

Proverb, Chinese

38.

When you're dying of thirst it's too late to think about digging a well.

Proverb, Japanese

39.

No one was ever lost on a straight road.

Proverb, Indian

40.

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.

41.

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

McLaughlin, Mignon

42.

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.

43.

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.

44.

Always be planning something.

Schindler, John A.

45.

Planning without action is futile, action without planning is fatal

46.

Success or failure is often determined on the drawing board.

Mckain, Robert J.

47.

All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.

Nightingale, Earl