Motivational Quotes

Planning

There is no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the end from the beginning.

- Klemme, E. J.

Best Quotes about Planning

1.

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

2.

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

3.

We always plan too much and always think too little.

Schumpeter, Joseph A.

4.

Plans are nothing; planning is everything.

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

5.

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

Paul, Jean

6.

Somewhere there is a map of how it can be done.

Stein, Ben

7.

Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.

Bayol, Ben

8.

He who every morning plans the transaction of the day and follows out that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through the maze of the most busy life. But where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incidence, chaos will soon reign.

Victor Hugo

9.

Many things difficult in design prove easy in performance.

Johnson, Samuel

10.

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

11.

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

12.

Long-range planning works best in the short term

Evelyn, Doug

13.

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

14.

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

Gilbert, Steven

15.

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

Thomas A. Edison

16.

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

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

17.

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

Hill, Napoleon

18.

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

19.

Planning without action is futile, action without planning is fatal

20.

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

Milne, A. A.

21.

Before beginning, plan carefully.

Cicero, Marcus T.

22.

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

Curtis, Donald

23.

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

Patton, George S.

24.

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

25.

If you have accomplished all that you have planned for yourself, you have not planned enough

Hale, Edward Everett

26.

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

Lakein, Alan

27.

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

28.

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

29.

It is important not to ignore forecasts that are uncongenial.

Fowles, Jib

30.

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

31.

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

32.

Success or failure is often determined on the drawing board.

Mckain, Robert J.

33.

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

Hugo, Victor

34.

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

35.

You win not by chance, but by preparation.

Maris, Roger

36.

If you plan to win as I do, the game never ends.

Mikita, Stan

37.

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

38.

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

39.

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.

40.

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

Argenti, John

41.

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

Nightingale, Earl

42.

Always be planning something.

Schindler, John A.

43.

Failing to plan is planning to fail.

Lakein, Alan

44.

It takes time to save time.

Taylor, Joe

45.

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

Osler, Sir William

46.

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

Griggs, Richard E.

47.

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

Churchill, Winston

48.

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

Morrisey, George L.

49.

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.

50.

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

Judd, H. Stanley