Quotes about planning

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

Griggs, Richard E. on planning   

"Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed."

Guicciardini, Francesco on planning   

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

Hale, Edward Everett on planning   

"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 on planning
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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."

Henry, Patrick on planning   

"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 on planning   

"Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire."

Hill, Napoleon on planning
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"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 on planning   

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

Howard, Vernon on planning   

"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 on 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 on planning   

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

Hugo, Victor on planning
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"Many things difficult in design prove easy in performance."

Johnson, Samuel on planning   

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

Judd, H. Stanley on planning   

"The loftier the building the deeper the foundation must be."

Kempis, Thomas on planning
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"The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shinning."

Kennedy, John F. on planning
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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. on planning   

"Always have a plan, and believe in it. Nothing happens by accident."

Knox, Chuck on planning   

"Failing to plan is planning to fail."

Lakein, Alan on planning   

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

Lakein, Alan on planning   

"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 on planning   

"We must ask where we are and whither we are tending."

Lincoln, Abraham on planning   

"A good system shortens the road to the goal."

Marden, Orison Swett on planning   

"You win not by chance, but by preparation."

Maris, Roger on planning   

"Success or failure is often determined on the drawing board."

Mckain, Robert J. on planning   

"Strategic planning will help you fully uncover your available options, set priorities for them, and define the methods to achieve them."

Mckain, Robert J. on planning   

"For the happiest life, days should be rigorously planned, nights left open to chance."

McLaughlin, Mignon on planning   

"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. on planning   

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

Mikita, Stan on planning   

"Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up."

Milne, A. A. on 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 on planning   

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

Morrisey, George L. on planning   

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

Nelson, Paula on planning   

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

Nightingale, Earl on planning   

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

Nightingale, Earl on planning
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"When schemes are laid in advance, it is surprising how often the circumstances will fit in with them."

Osler, Sir William on planning   

"A good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week."

Patton, George S. on planning
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"A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow."

Patton, George S. on planning   

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

Paul, Jean on planning   

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

Peale, Norman Vincent on planning