Motivational Quotes

Planning

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

Best Quotes about Planning

1.

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

2.

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

3.

One step at a time is good walking.

Proverb, Chinese

4.

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

5.

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

6.

Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists between where you are now and the goal you intend to reach.

Nightingale, Earl

7.

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

Klemme, E. J.

8.

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

9.

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

10.

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

11.

It is important not to ignore forecasts that are uncongenial.

Fowles, Jib

12.

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

13.

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

Nelson, Paula

14.

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

Curtis, Donald

15.

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

16.

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

Knox, Chuck

17.

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

18.

Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.

Bayol, Ben

19.

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

Patton, George S.

20.

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

Argenti, John

21.

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

22.

Long-range planning works best in the short term

Evelyn, Doug

23.

Strategic planning will help you fully uncover your available options, set priorities for them, and define the methods to achieve them.

Mckain, Robert J.

24.

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

Gilbert, Steven

25.

You win not by chance, but by preparation.

Maris, Roger

26.

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

Confucius

27.

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

Peale, Norman Vincent

28.

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

Griggs, Richard E.

29.

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

Mikita, Stan

30.

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

Nightingale, Earl

31.

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

32.

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

Ziglar, Zig

33.

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.

34.

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

35.

Success or failure is often determined on the drawing board.

Mckain, Robert J.

36.

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

Homer

37.

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

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

38.

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.

39.

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

Paul, Jean

40.

Failing to plan is planning to fail.

Lakein, Alan

41.

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

42.

It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.

Publilius Syrus