Motivational Quotes

Planning

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

Best Quotes about Planning

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

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

Proverb, Chinese

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

Hugo, Victor

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

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

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

Nelson, Paula

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.

Long-range planning works best in the short term

Evelyn, Doug

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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Planning without action is futile, action without planning is fatal

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

Peale, Norman Vincent

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At all times it is better to have a method.

Caine, Mark

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

Churchill, Winston

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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

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

Edwards, Graeme

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

Stein, Ben

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

Nightingale, Earl

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

Proverb, Japanese

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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

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

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

Paul, Jean

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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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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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Never begin the day until it is finished on paper.

Rohn, Jim

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Plans are nothing; planning is everything.

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

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Many things difficult in design prove easy in performance.

Johnson, Samuel

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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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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I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks.

Churchill, Winston

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To be prepared is half the victory.

Cervantes, Miguel De

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We always plan too much and always think too little.

Schumpeter, Joseph A.

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

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Success or failure is often determined on the drawing board.

Mckain, Robert J.

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If you plan to win as I do, the game never ends.

Mikita, Stan

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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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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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Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.

Milne, A. A.

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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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Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed.

Guicciardini, Francesco

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

Griggs, Richard E.

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

Howard, Vernon

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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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No one was ever lost on a straight road.

Proverb, Indian

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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