Motivational Quotes

Planning

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

- Paul, Jean

Best Quotes about Planning

1.

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

2.

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

3.

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

Knox, Chuck

4.

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

5.

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

6.

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

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

7.

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

8.

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

Paul, Jean

9.

I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks.

Churchill, Winston

10.

Magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life.

Cornford, Frances

11.

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

Trotsky, Leon

12.

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

Nightingale, Earl

13.

Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it. Plan more than you can do, then do it.

14.

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

Kennedy, John F.

15.

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

Proverb, Japanese

16.

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.

17.

We always plan too much and always think too little.

Schumpeter, Joseph A.

18.

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

19.

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

Osler, Sir William

20.

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

Cushing, Richard C.

21.

Plans are nothing; planning is everything.

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

22.

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

23.

Success or failure is often determined on the drawing board.

Mckain, Robert J.

24.

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

25.

Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.

Bayol, Ben

26.

It takes time to save time.

Taylor, Joe

27.

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

Thomas A. Edison

28.

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

29.

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

Confucius

30.

One step at a time is good walking.

Proverb, Chinese

31.

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.

32.

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

33.

No one was ever lost on a straight road.

Proverb, Indian

34.

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

35.

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

36.

A good system shortens the road to the goal.

Marden, Orison Swett

37.

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

Nelson, Paula

38.

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

39.

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

Caine, Mark

40.

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

41.

Many things difficult in design prove easy in performance.

Johnson, Samuel

42.

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

43.

The loftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

Kempis, Thomas

44.

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

Argenti, John

45.

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

Klemme, E. J.

46.

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.

47.

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

Nightingale, Earl

48.

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

Euripides

49.

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

Morrisey, George L.

50.

Can you think of anything more permanently elating than to know that you are on the right road at last?

Howard, Vernon