Motivational Quotes

Planning

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

- Disraeli, Benjamin

Best Quotes about Planning

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

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

Confucius

When schemes are laid in advance, it is surprising how often the circumstances will fit in with them.

Osler, Sir William

Never begin the day until it is finished on paper.

Rohn, Jim

It takes time to save time.

Taylor, Joe

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

Thomas Paine

For the happiest life, days should be rigorously planned, nights left open to chance.

McLaughlin, Mignon

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.

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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Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.

Landry, Tom

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The loftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

Kempis, Thomas

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Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed.

Guicciardini, Francesco

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Before beginning, plan carefully.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

Yeats, William Butler

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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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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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Failing to plan is planning to fail.

Lakein, Alan

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I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks.

Churchill, Winston

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

Caine, Mark

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To be prepared is half the victory.

Cervantes, Miguel De

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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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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

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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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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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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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Magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life.

Cornford, Frances

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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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You win not by chance, but by preparation.

Maris, Roger

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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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No one was ever lost on a straight road.

Proverb, Indian

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We always plan too much and always think too little.

Schumpeter, Joseph A.

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

Argenti, John

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In order to plan your future wisely, it is necessary that you understand and appreciate your past.

Coudert, Jo

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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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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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What do you want to achieve or avoid? The answers to this question are objectives. How will you go about achieving your desire results? The answer to this you can call strategy.

Rothschild, William E.

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Many things difficult in design prove easy in performance.

Johnson, Samuel

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

Patton, George S.

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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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At all times it is better to have a method.

Caine, Mark

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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.