Motivational Quotes

Planning

It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.

- Publilius Syrus

Best Quotes about Planning

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

The person who doesn't know where his next dollar is coming from usually doesn't know where his last dollar went.

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

Griggs, Richard E.

Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.

Bayol, Ben

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

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

Milne, A. A.

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.

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

Planning ahead is a measure of class. The rich and even the middle class plan for future generations, but the poor can plan ahead only a few weeks or days.

Steinem, Gloria

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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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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

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

Roosevelt, Eleanor

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Always be planning something.

Schindler, John A.

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

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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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It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.

Publilius Syrus

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

Curtis, Donald

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

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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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Never begin the day until it is finished on paper.

Rohn, Jim

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

Kennedy, John F.

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The loftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

Kempis, Thomas

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

Paul, Jean

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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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No one was ever lost on a straight road.

Proverb, Indian

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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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If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.

Rohn, Jim

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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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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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Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

Yeats, William Butler

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

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

Edwards, Graeme

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Long-range planning works best in the short term

Evelyn, Doug

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

Knox, Chuck