Motivational Quotes

Planning

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

- Milne, A. A.

Best Quotes about Planning

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

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

Milne, A. A.

You win not by chance, but by preparation.

Maris, Roger

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

Homer

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

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

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

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

Ziglar, Zig

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

Kennedy, John F.

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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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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

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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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A good system shortens the road to the goal.

Marden, Orison Swett

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The loftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

Kempis, Thomas

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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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Before beginning, plan carefully.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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Always be planning something.

Schindler, John A.

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No one was ever lost on a straight road.

Proverb, Indian

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We always plan too much and always think too little.

Schumpeter, Joseph A.

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

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Planning without action is futile, action without planning is fatal

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Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.

Bayol, Ben

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

Morrisey, George L.

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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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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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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.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

Yeats, William Butler

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One step at a time is good walking.

Proverb, Chinese

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

Caine, Mark

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A plan is a list of actions arranged in whatever sequence is thought likely to achieve an objective.

Argenti, John

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Magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life.

Cornford, Frances

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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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

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

Patton, George S.

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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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Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed.

Guicciardini, Francesco

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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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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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It takes time to save time.

Taylor, Joe

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

Stein, Ben

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