Motivational Quotes

Planning

Magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life.

- Cornford, Frances

Best Quotes about Planning

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

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

No one was ever lost on a straight road.

Proverb, Indian

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

Howard, Vernon

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

Griggs, Richard E.

I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks.

Churchill, Winston

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

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

Before beginning, plan carefully.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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

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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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Plan well before you take the journey. Remember the carpenter's rule: Measure twice, cut once.

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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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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

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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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At all times it is better to have a method.

Caine, Mark

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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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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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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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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

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A good system shortens the road to the goal.

Marden, Orison Swett

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

Stein, Ben

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The loftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

Kempis, Thomas

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

Knox, Chuck

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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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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.

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Always be planning something.

Schindler, John A.

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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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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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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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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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Never begin the day until it is finished on paper.

Rohn, Jim

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

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

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

Euripides

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

Patton, George S.

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

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

Confucius