Motivational Quotes

Planning

It is important not to ignore forecasts that are uncongenial.

- Fowles, Jib

Best Quotes about Planning

1.

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

2.

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

Homer

3.

It takes time to save time.

Taylor, Joe

4.

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

Ziglar, Zig

5.

There is in the act of preparing, the moment you start caring.

Churchill, Winston

6.

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.

7.

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.

8.

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

Euripides

9.

You win not by chance, but by preparation.

Maris, Roger

10.

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

Knox, Chuck

11.

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

Gilbert, Steven

12.

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

Nelson, Paula

13.

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

14.

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

15.

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

Nightingale, Earl

16.

One step at a time is good walking.

Proverb, Chinese

17.

Plan more than you can do, then do it. Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it. Hitch your wagon to a star, keep your seat, and there you are

18.

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

19.

Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

Yeats, William Butler

20.

Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.

Bayol, Ben

21.

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

McLaughlin, Mignon

22.

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

Lakein, Alan

23.

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

24.

It's not the plan that is important, it's the planning.

Edwards, Graeme

25.

The structure will automatically provide the pattern for the action which follows.

Curtis, Donald

26.

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

Morrisey, George L.

27.

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

George S. Patton

28.

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

Osler, Sir William

29.

Planning without action is futile, action without planning is fatal

30.

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

31.

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

Howard, Vernon

32.

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

33.

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

Nightingale, Earl

34.

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

35.

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

Paul, Jean

36.

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

37.

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

Proverb, Japanese

38.

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

39.

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

40.

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

41.

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.

42.

It is important not to ignore forecasts that are uncongenial.

Fowles, Jib

43.

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

Peale, Norman Vincent

44.

The loftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

Kempis, Thomas

45.

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