Motivational Quotes

Planning

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

- Stein, Ben

Best Quotes about Planning

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

Patton, George S.

Magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life.

Cornford, Frances

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

Nightingale, Earl

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

Morrisey, George L.

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

We always plan too much and always think too little.

Schumpeter, Joseph A.

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

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

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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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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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 system shortens the road to the goal.

Marden, Orison Swett

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

Gilbert, Steven

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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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Before beginning, plan carefully.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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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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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

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One step at a time is good walking.

Proverb, Chinese

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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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Long-range planning works best in the short term

Evelyn, Doug

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

Churchill, Winston

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

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

Euripides

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

Proverb, Chinese

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At all times it is better to have a method.

Caine, Mark

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

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To be prepared is half the victory.

Cervantes, Miguel De

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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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Divide your movements into easy-to-do sections. If you fail, divide again.

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

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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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It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.