Motivational Quotes

Planning

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.

Best Quotes about Planning

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

Confucius

Never begin the day until it is finished on paper.

Rohn, Jim

Failing to plan is planning to fail.

Lakein, Alan

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

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

It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.

Publilius Syrus

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

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

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

Coudert, Jo

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Gilbert, Steven

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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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At all times it is better to have a method.

Caine, Mark

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Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed.

Guicciardini, Francesco

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

Thomas A. Edison

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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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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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Strategic planning will help you fully uncover your available options, set priorities for them, and define the methods to achieve them.

Mckain, Robert J.

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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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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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, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week.

George S. Patton

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Planning without action is futile, action without planning is fatal

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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

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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

26.

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

Nelson, Paula

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

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

Thomas Paine

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One step at a time is good walking.

Proverb, Chinese

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You win not by chance, but by preparation.

Maris, Roger

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Many things difficult in design prove easy in performance.

Johnson, Samuel

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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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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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Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

Yeats, William Butler

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

Euripides

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

Osler, Sir William

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

Patton, George S.

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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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Always be planning something.

Schindler, John A.

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

Cushing, Richard C.

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

Caine, Mark

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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.

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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

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Plans are nothing; planning is everything.

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

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A good system shortens the road to the goal.

Marden, Orison Swett

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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.