Motivational Quotes

Planning

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

- Mikita, Stan

Best Quotes about Planning

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

Planning without action is futile, action without planning is fatal

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

Always plan ahead. It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark.

Cushing, Richard C.

If we had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great many more mistakes.

Trotsky, Leon

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

Gilbert, Steven

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

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

Peale, Norman Vincent

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

Euripides

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

Roosevelt, Eleanor

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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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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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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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I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks.

Churchill, Winston

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

Homer

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It is important not to ignore forecasts that are uncongenial.

Fowles, Jib

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Before beginning, plan carefully.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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We always plan too much and always think too little.

Schumpeter, Joseph A.

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Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.

Bayol, Ben

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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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Magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life.

Cornford, Frances

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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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At all times it is better to have a method.

Caine, Mark

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

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

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

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The short- term plan, then, is an operative plan defining goals in writing and clearly indicating how these goals are to be carried out...

American Management

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A first-rate Organizer is never in a hurry. He is never late. He always keeps up his sleeve a margin for the unexpected.

Bennett, Arnold

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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 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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Never begin the day until it is finished on paper.

Rohn, Jim

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To be prepared is half the victory.

Cervantes, Miguel De

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

Confucius

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Long-range planning works best in the short term

Evelyn, Doug

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

Nightingale, Earl

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

Proverb, Japanese

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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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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

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

Hale, Edward Everett

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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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The loftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.