Motivational Quotes

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

Best Quotes about Planning

You win not by chance, but by preparation.

Maris, Roger

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

Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.

Euripides

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

Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming meet.

Hugo, Victor

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

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

No one was ever lost on a straight road.

Proverb, Indian

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

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

Patton, George S.

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

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

Milne, A. A.

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

Knox, Chuck

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Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed.

Guicciardini, Francesco

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

Curtis, Donald

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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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To be prepared is half the victory.

Cervantes, Miguel De

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

Roosevelt, Eleanor

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Failing to plan is planning to fail.

Lakein, Alan

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PLANNING VS REACTING: How organized are you? Could your life be called a ballet or is it a hockey game (or a pin-ball machine)? However, even in a hockey game, good hockey player learn to skate to where the puck WILL BE.

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It is important not to ignore forecasts that are uncongenial.

Fowles, Jib

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With a definite, step-by-step plan -- ah, what a difference it makes! You cannot fail, because each step carries you along to the next, like a track

Reed, Scott

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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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We need a sense of the value of time -- that is, of the best way to divide one's time into one's various activities.

Bennett, Arnold

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

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

Kennedy, John F.

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At all times it is better to have a method.

Caine, Mark

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

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Long-range planning works best in the short term

Evelyn, Doug

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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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Plans are nothing; planning is everything.

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

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

Peale, Norman Vincent

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Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.

Bayol, Ben

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Planning without action is futile, action without planning is fatal

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Never begin the day until it is finished on paper.

Rohn, Jim

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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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Many things difficult in design prove easy in performance.

Johnson, Samuel

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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.

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

Homer

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

Nightingale, Earl

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A good system shortens the road to the goal.

Marden, Orison Swett

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

Caine, Mark

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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.