Motivational Quotes

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

Best Quotes about Planning

Never begin the day until it is finished on paper.

Rohn, Jim

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

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

Failing to plan is planning to fail.

Lakein, Alan

Magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life.

Cornford, Frances

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

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

Proverb, Chinese

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.

Churchill, Winston

Thoroughness characterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains. All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinite painstaking, even to the minutest detail.

Hubbard, Elbert

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

Nelson, Paula

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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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PLANNING VS REACTING: How organized are you? Could your life be called a ballet or is it a hockey game (or a pin-ball machine)? However, even in a hockey game, good hockey player learn to skate to where the puck WILL BE.

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No one was ever lost on a straight road.

Proverb, Indian

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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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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

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

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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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Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed.

Guicciardini, Francesco

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

Curtis, Donald

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Before beginning, plan carefully.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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Always plan ahead. It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark.

Cushing, Richard C.

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It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.

Publilius Syrus

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

Gilbert, Steven

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

Kennedy, John F.

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

Patton, George S.

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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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In order to plan your future wisely, it is necessary that you understand and appreciate your past.

Coudert, Jo

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

Edwards, Graeme

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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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Long-range planning works best in the short term

Evelyn, Doug

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The loftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

Kempis, Thomas

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

Mikita, Stan

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

Confucius

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

Euripides

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

Stein, Ben

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

Peale, Norman Vincent

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

Caine, Mark

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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.