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.

19.

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

Thomas A. Edison

20.

It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.

Publilius Syrus

21.

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

Proverb, Chinese

22.

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

23.

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

Nightingale, Earl

24.

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

25.

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

Churchill, Winston

26.

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

Confucius

27.

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

28.

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

29.

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

Paul, Jean

30.

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

Howard, Vernon

31.

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

Cushing, Richard C.

32.

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

Griggs, Richard E.

33.

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

34.

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

35.

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

Ziglar, Zig

36.

There is no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the end from the beginning.

Klemme, E. J.

37.

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

38.

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

39.

When schemes are laid in advance, it is surprising how often the circumstances will fit in with them.

Osler, Sir William

40.

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

Argenti, John

41.

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

Nelson, Paula

42.

Success or failure is often determined on the drawing board.

Mckain, Robert J.

43.

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

44.

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

Gilbert, Steven

45.

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

Edwards, Graeme

46.

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.

47.

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.

48.

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.

49.

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

Homer

50.

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.

Henry, Patrick