Motivational Quotes

Planning

It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.

- Publilius Syrus

Best Quotes about Planning

Failing to plan is planning to fail.

Lakein, Alan

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

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

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

Griggs, Richard E.

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

Homer

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

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

Osler, Sir William

Before you build a better mousetrap, it helps to know if there are any mice out there.

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

Nelson, Paula

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

Patton, George S.

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A good system shortens the road to the goal.

Marden, Orison Swett

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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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At all times it is better to have a method.

Caine, Mark

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

Mikita, Stan

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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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The loftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

Kempis, Thomas

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

Curtis, Donald

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Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you are ready or not, to put this plan into action.

Napoleon Hill

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Somewhere there is a map of how it can be done.

Stein, Ben

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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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Many people spend more time in planning the wedding than they do in planning the marriage

Ziglar, Zig

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

Kennedy, John F.

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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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You win not by chance, but by preparation.

Maris, Roger

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It is important not to ignore forecasts that are uncongenial.

Fowles, Jib

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It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.

Publilius Syrus

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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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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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Magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life.

Cornford, Frances

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

Peale, Norman Vincent

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A trend is a trend is a trend. But the question is, will it bend? Will it alter its course through some unforeseen force and come to a premature end?

Cairncross, Alec

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

Paul, Jean

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It's never too late to start planning for the future.

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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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Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed.

Guicciardini, Francesco

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

Caine, Mark

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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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I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks.

Churchill, Winston

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

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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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We always plan too much and always think too little.

Schumpeter, Joseph A.

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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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Long-range planning works best in the short term

Evelyn, Doug

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