Motivational Quotes

Planning

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

Best Quotes about Planning

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

Magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life.

Cornford, Frances

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

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

Mikita, Stan

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

It takes time to save time.

Taylor, Joe

The loftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

Kempis, Thomas

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

Patton, George S.

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

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

McLaughlin, Mignon

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Failing to plan is planning to fail.

Lakein, Alan

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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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One step at a time is good walking.

Proverb, Chinese

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

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

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

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

Kennedy, John F.

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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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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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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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Always be planning something.

Schindler, John A.

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

Paul, Jean

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Long-range planning works best in the short term

Evelyn, Doug

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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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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Don't be a time manager, be a priority manager. Cut your major goals into bite-sized pieces. Each small priority or requirement on the way to ultimate goal become a mini goal in itself.

Waitley, Denis

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

Gilbert, Steven

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To be prepared is half the victory.

Cervantes, Miguel De

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

Curtis, Donald

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Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

Yeats, William Butler

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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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Success or failure is often determined on the drawing board.

Mckain, Robert J.

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

Cushing, Richard C.

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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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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.

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Plan well before you take the journey. Remember the carpenter's rule: Measure twice, cut once.

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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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I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks.

Churchill, Winston

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

Lakein, Alan

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

George S. Patton

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

Trotsky, Leon

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No one was ever lost on a straight road.

Proverb, Indian

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Plan your progress carefully; hour-by hour, day-by-day, month-by-month. Organized activity and maintained enthusiasm are the wellsprings of your power.

Meyer, Paul J.