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 ~
A plan is a list of actions arranged in whatever sequence is thought likely to achieve an objective.
~ John Argenti ~
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.
~ Bernard M. Baruch ~
Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.
~ Ben Bayol ~
At all times it is better to have a method.
~ Mark Caine ~
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?
~ Alec Cairncross ~
To be prepared is half the victory.
~ Miguel De Cervantes ~
I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks.
~ Winston Churchill ~
Make your mold. The best flux in the world will not make a usable shape unless you have a mold to pour it in.
~ Robert Collier ~
Magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life.
~ Frances Cornford ~
It's not the plan that is important, it's the planning.
~ Graeme Edwards ~
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.
~ Hillel J. Einhorn ~
Few people have any next, they live from hand to mouth without a plan, and are always at the end of their line.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~
Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.
~ Euripides ~
Long-range planning works best in the short term
~ Doug Evelyn ~
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?"
~ George A. Ford ~
It is important not to ignore forecasts that are uncongenial.
~ Jib Fowles ~
If we can't figure something out in three weeks, we probably shouldn't bother.
~ Steven Gilbert ~
Everything someone does on a daily basis should be traceable back to an annual or quarterly plan.
~ Richard E. Griggs ~
Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.
~ Napoleon Hill ~
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.
~ Elbert Hubbard ~
A good plan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the best way to get there.
~ H. Stanley Judd ~
The loftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.
~ Thomas ã Kempis ~
There is no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the end from the beginning.
~ E. J. Klemme ~
Always have a plan, and believe in it. Nothing happens by accident.
~ Chuck Knox ~
We must ask where we are and whither we are tending.
~ Abraham Lincoln ~
You win not by chance, but by preparation.
~ Roger Maris ~
If you plan to win as I do, the game never ends.
~ Stan Mikita ~
Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.
~ A. A. Milne ~
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.
~ John Pierpont Morgan ~
Developing the plan is actually laying out the sequence of events that have to occur for you to achieve your goal.
~ George L. Morrisey ~
A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.
~ George S. Patton ~
The beginning is the most important part of the work.
~ Plato ~
When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people.
~ Chinese Proverb ~
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…
~ Scott Reed ~
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.
~ Jim Rohn ~
Always be planning something.
~ John A. Schindler ~
Somewhere there is a map of how it can be done.
~ Ben Stein ~
It takes time to save time.
~ Joe Taylor ~
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
~ Source Unknown ~
The person who doesn't know where his next dollar is coming from usually doesn't know where his last dollar went.
~ Source Unknown ~
