Motivational Quotes

Planning

It is important not to ignore forecasts that are uncongenial.

- Fowles, Jib

Best Quotes about Planning

Long-range planning works best in the short term

Evelyn, Doug

A good plan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the best way to get there.

Judd, H. Stanley

One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast withers as rapidly; and that which grows slow endures.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

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

Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.

Bayol, Ben

Plan more than you can do, then do it. Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it. Hitch your wagon to a star, keep your seat, and there you are

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.

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

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

Griggs, Richard E.

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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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It takes time to save time.

Taylor, Joe

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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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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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We always plan too much and always think too little.

Schumpeter, Joseph A.

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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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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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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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

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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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Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

Yeats, William Butler

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You win not by chance, but by preparation.

Maris, Roger

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No one was ever lost on a straight road.

Proverb, Indian

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It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.

Publilius Syrus

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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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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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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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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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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

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

Edwards, Graeme

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

Mikita, Stan

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

Nightingale, Earl

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Success or failure is often determined on the drawing board.

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