Motivational Quotes

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

Best Quotes about Planning

1.

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

Homer

2.

Many things difficult in design prove easy in performance.

Johnson, Samuel

3.

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

Lakein, Alan

4.

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

Paul, Jean

5.

Success or failure is often determined on the drawing board.

Mckain, Robert J.

6.

Magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life.

Cornford, Frances

7.

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

Gilbert, Steven

8.

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

9.

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

10.

When you're dying of thirst it's too late to think about digging a well.

Proverb, Japanese

11.

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

Nightingale, Earl

12.

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

13.

At all times it is better to have a method.

Caine, Mark

14.

Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you are ready or not, to put this plan into action.

Napoleon Hill

15.

You win not by chance, but by preparation.

Maris, Roger

16.

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

Caine, Mark

17.

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

Curtis, Donald

18.

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

19.

Long-range planning works best in the short term

Evelyn, Doug

20.

It is important not to ignore forecasts that are uncongenial.

Fowles, Jib

21.

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

Osler, Sir William

22.

Never begin the day until it is finished on paper.

Rohn, Jim

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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

24.

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

25.

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

Nelson, Paula

26.

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

27.

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

Coudert, Jo

28.

Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed.

Guicciardini, Francesco

29.

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

30.

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

31.

It takes time to save time.

Taylor, Joe

32.

To be prepared is half the victory.

Cervantes, Miguel De

33.

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

Thomas Paine

34.

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

35.

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.

36.

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

Argenti, John

37.

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

38.

The person who doesn't know where his next dollar is coming from usually doesn't know where his last dollar went.

39.

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.

40.

Before beginning, plan carefully.

Cicero, Marcus T.

41.

It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.

Publilius Syrus

42.

There is in the act of preparing, the moment you start caring.

Churchill, Winston

43.

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

44.

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.

45.

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

Ziglar, Zig

46.

Developing the plan is actually laying out the sequence of events that have to occur for you to achieve your goal.

Morrisey, George L.

47.

Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.

Bayol, Ben

48.

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

Griggs, Richard E.

49.

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.

50.

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

Roosevelt, Eleanor