Motivational Quotes

Planning

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

- Klemme, E. J.

Best Quotes about Planning

One step at a time is good walking.

Proverb, Chinese

Never begin the day until it is finished on paper.

Rohn, Jim

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

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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

Peale, Norman Vincent

Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.

Bayol, Ben

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.

Plans are nothing; planning is everything.

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

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

Confucius

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

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

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

Thomas A. Edison

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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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Magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life.

Cornford, Frances

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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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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.

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It is important not to ignore forecasts that are uncongenial.

Fowles, Jib

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

Churchill, Winston

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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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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.

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

Knox, Chuck

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

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It takes time to save time.

Taylor, Joe

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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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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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You win not by chance, but by preparation.

Maris, Roger

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

Euripides

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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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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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Planning without action is futile, action without planning is fatal

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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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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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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

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

Homer

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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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Long-range planning works best in the short term

Evelyn, Doug

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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

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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

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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

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

Griggs, Richard E.

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

Coudert, Jo