Motivational Quotes

Planning

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

- Bovee, Christian Nevell

Best Quotes about Planning

I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks.

Churchill, Winston

You win not by chance, but by preparation.

Maris, Roger

Always be planning something.

Schindler, John A.

Few people have any next, they live from hand to mouth without a plan, and are always at the end of their line.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Milne, A. A.

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

Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

Yeats, William Butler

If we had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great many more mistakes.

Trotsky, Leon

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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Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.

Bayol, Ben

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It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.

Publilius Syrus

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

Roosevelt, Eleanor

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At all times it is better to have a method.

Caine, Mark

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When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.

Thomas Paine

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One step at a time is good walking.

Proverb, Chinese

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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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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people.

Proverb, Chinese

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

Nelson, Paula

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I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

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

Peale, Norman Vincent

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Plans are nothing; planning is everything.

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

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We always plan too much and always think too little.

Schumpeter, Joseph A.

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It is important not to ignore forecasts that are uncongenial.

Fowles, Jib

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

Caine, Mark

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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

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Many things difficult in design prove easy in performance.

Johnson, Samuel

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

Cushing, Richard C.

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

Nightingale, Earl

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

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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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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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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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No one was ever lost on a straight road.

Proverb, Indian

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Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.

Hill, Napoleon

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The wise man bridges the gap by laying out the path by means of which he can get from where he is to where he wants to go.

Morgan, John Pierpont

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

Confucius

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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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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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Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now.

Lakein, Alan

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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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It takes time to save time.

Taylor, Joe