Motivational Quotes

Planning

We always plan too much and always think too little.

- Schumpeter, Joseph A.

Best Quotes about 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

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

Gilbert, Steven

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

Howard, Vernon

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

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

Nightingale, Earl

If you have accomplished all that you have planned for yourself, you have not planned enough

Hale, Edward Everett

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

Nelson, Paula

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

Hugo, Victor

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

Kennedy, John F.

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

Peale, Norman Vincent

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

Churchill, Winston

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

Mikita, Stan

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

Lakein, Alan

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

Euripides

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Always be planning something.

Schindler, John A.

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We always plan too much and always think too little.

Schumpeter, Joseph A.

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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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When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.

Thomas Paine

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

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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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With a definite, step-by-step plan -- ah, what a difference it makes! You cannot fail, because each step carries you along to the next, like a track

Reed, Scott

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What do you want to achieve or avoid? The answers to this question are objectives. How will you go about achieving your desire results? The answer to this you can call strategy.

Rothschild, William E.

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

Paul, Jean

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

Nightingale, Earl

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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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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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To be prepared is half the victory.

Cervantes, Miguel De

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No one was ever lost on a straight road.

Proverb, Indian

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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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Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

Yeats, William Butler

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

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

Patton, George S.

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I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks.

Churchill, Winston

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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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If we had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great many more mistakes.

Trotsky, Leon

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

Stein, Ben

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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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A good system shortens the road to the goal.

Marden, Orison Swett

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Before beginning, plan carefully.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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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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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

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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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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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It takes time to save time.

Taylor, Joe

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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.