Motivational Quotes

Planning

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

- Confucius

Best Quotes about Planning

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

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

Confucius

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

Howard, Vernon

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

Thomas Paine

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

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

To be prepared is half the victory.

Cervantes, Miguel De

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

Plans are nothing; planning is everything.

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

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Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.

Bayol, Ben

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

Gilbert, Steven

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Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of action without thought.

Baruch, Bernard M.

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Magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life.

Cornford, Frances

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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 as much energy to wish as it does to plan.

Roosevelt, Eleanor

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

Nelson, Paula

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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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A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week.

George S. Patton

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A good plan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the best way to get there.

Judd, H. Stanley

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Long-range planning works best in the short term

Evelyn, Doug

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Before beginning, plan carefully.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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At all times it is better to have a method.

Caine, Mark

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

Yeats, William Butler

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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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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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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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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

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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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It is important not to ignore forecasts that are uncongenial.

Fowles, Jib

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

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

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

Kennedy, John F.

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

Caine, Mark

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

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio