Motivational Quotes

Planning

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

- Kennedy, John F.

Best Quotes about Planning

No one was ever lost on a straight road.

Proverb, Indian

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

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

Hale, Edward Everett

Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed.

Guicciardini, Francesco

Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of action without thought.

Baruch, Bernard M.

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

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

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

Before beginning, plan carefully.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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

Homer

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

Caine, Mark

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

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

Stein, Ben

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

Trotsky, Leon

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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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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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You win not by chance, but by preparation.

Maris, Roger

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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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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

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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.

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It is important not to ignore forecasts that are uncongenial.

Fowles, Jib

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At all times it is better to have a method.

Caine, Mark

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

Euripides

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I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks.

Churchill, Winston

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

Hugo, Victor

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One step at a time is good walking.

Proverb, Chinese

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

Roosevelt, Eleanor

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It takes time to save time.

Taylor, Joe

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

Klemme, E. J.

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

Knox, Chuck

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

Ziglar, Zig

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

Lakein, Alan

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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

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

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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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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people.

Proverb, Chinese

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The loftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

Kempis, Thomas

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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.

Judd, H. Stanley

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

Nightingale, Earl

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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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For the happiest life, days should be rigorously planned, nights left open to chance.

McLaughlin, Mignon

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

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Plans are nothing; planning is everything.

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

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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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Many things difficult in design prove easy in performance.

Johnson, Samuel