Motivational Quotes

Planning

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

- McLaughlin, Mignon

Best Quotes about Planning

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

I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks.

Churchill, Winston

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

Osler, Sir William

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

Knox, Chuck

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

Homer

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

Before beginning, plan carefully.

Cicero, Marcus T.

Never begin the day until it is finished on paper.

Rohn, Jim

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

Coudert, Jo

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

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

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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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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

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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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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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Can you think of anything more permanently elating than to know that you are on the right road at last?

Howard, Vernon

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If you have accomplished all that you have planned for yourself, you have not planned enough

Hale, Edward Everett

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

Mikita, Stan

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

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One step at a time is good walking.

Proverb, Chinese

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It is important not to ignore forecasts that are uncongenial.

Fowles, Jib

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We need a sense of the value of time -- that is, of the best way to divide one's time into one's various activities.

Bennett, Arnold

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

Cushing, Richard C.

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

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Plans are nothing; planning is everything.

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

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

Confucius

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Most people are content to let perfect days happen at random rather than PLAN for them.

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

Griggs, Richard E.

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

Curtis, Donald

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

Caine, Mark

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

Argenti, John

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

Gilbert, Steven

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

Nightingale, Earl

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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.

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

Churchill, Winston

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It's not the plan that is important, it's the planning.

Edwards, Graeme

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Magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life.

Cornford, Frances

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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.

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

Euripides

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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