Motivational Quotes

Planning

For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it.

- Henry, Patrick

Best Quotes about Planning

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

Confucius

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

Milne, A. A.

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

Zeus does not bring all men's plans to fulfillment.

Homer

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

Lakein, Alan

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

Paul, Jean

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

Patton, George S.

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

Peale, Norman Vincent

No one was ever lost on a straight road.

Proverb, Indian

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

Nightingale, Earl

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Success or failure is often determined on the drawing board.

Mckain, Robert J.

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It is important not to ignore forecasts that are uncongenial.

Fowles, Jib

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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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If you employed study, thinking, and planning time daily, you could develop and use the power that can change the course of your destiny.

Stone, W. Clement

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

Hill, Napoleon

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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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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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Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed.

Guicciardini, Francesco

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One step at a time is good walking.

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

Knox, Chuck

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You win not by chance, but by preparation.

Maris, Roger

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Long-range planning works best in the short term

Evelyn, Doug

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

Churchill, Winston

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We always plan too much and always think too little.

Schumpeter, Joseph A.

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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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When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.

Thomas Paine

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I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks.

Churchill, Winston

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

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

Curtis, Donald

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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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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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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Failing to plan is planning to fail.

Lakein, Alan

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

Roosevelt, Eleanor

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

McLaughlin, Mignon

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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

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A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week.