Planning Quotes
292 quotes
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."
"New streets should be Twitter friendly and be named with hashtags up front. I’d build a house on #LoversLane."
"If you need me I’ll be napping in the supplies closet. The most important part of an attack is the planning."
"A chance meeting in a Kansas City coffee shop may take me months of planning and twice a day visits for over a year. But I already have my stunned, surprised, and shocked speech rehearsed for the moment I act like I had no idea she would be there."
"The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley."
"If you don’t know exactly where you’re going, how will you know when you get there?"
"In the planning stage of a book, don't plan the ending. It has to be earned by all that will go before it."
"The intelligent have plans; the wise have principles."
"When you establish a destination by defining what you want, then take physical action by making choices that move you towards that destination, the possibility for success is limitless and arrival at the destination is inevitable."
"Two types of choices seem to me to have been crucial in tipping the outcomes [of the various societies' histories] towards success or failure: long-term planning and willingness to reconsider core values. On reflection we can also recognize the crucial role of these same two choices for the outcomes of our individual lives."
"Do not only think about it, but feel about it, also, before taking appropriate action."
"Discover a purpose that gives you passion. Develop a plan that makes you persistent. Design a preparation and motivates you to optimize your potentials. Do it because you love it!"
"An exceedingly well-informed report,' said the General. 'You have given yourself the trouble to go into matters thoroughly, I see. That is one of the secrets of success in life."
"The true definition of mental illness is when the majority of your time is spent in the past or future, but rarely living in the realism of NOW."
"If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else."
"When you don't have your work clearly defined, there can never be any finish point."
Matt Perman, What's Best Next: How the Gospel Transforms the Way You Get Things Done
"With adequate planning, passion and perseverance, you can achieve the God-given goals."
"Clearly outline your plans, acknowledge God and he will direct them for you. If you can have it planned, you can achieve it; if you have it planned big, you will achieve it big. Make your choice!"
"Knowing what to do with time is the first step to take when you lose your job"
"Planning and perseverance will bring your mission to fruition."
"Pay attention to your goals and never let the euphoria of the early success convince you to brag about."
"I continuously see myself on an airplane that has unlimited fuel. I go here and there but can't stop. Always flying over my destination. I've come to realize I must jump off with my parachute on of course. That is how I'm viewing my life right now.Once I find that loophole than I've reached my destination to success."
"Don't mention your move before you make a move."
"Having plans sounds like a good idea - until you have to put on clothes and leave your house."
"Be creative while inventing ideas, but be disciplined while implementing them."
"Enjoy without injury, live without loss."
"Success is when everything that goes wrong, fits in your plan."
"Vision leads to proper planning and proper planning leads to successful completion."
Farshad Asl, The "No Excuses" Mindset: A Life of Purpose, Passion, and Clarity
"No plan ever failed due to good planning."
"A world full of "certainties"All the plans, all the vanities.Where black covers the whiteSuited in "confidence"- the constant fight.A million roads I dream to takeOne destination, knowing not I turn where.A green veil covers for two years, some two decades.But the "plan" awaits, new roads to make.I pant, I struggle, I do my best While they say,"You are, dear, but so inadequate"."
"You ought to write down your goals. It serves as a guidepost and gives strength for purposeful action."
"Without a vivid picture of what you want, how can you reach it?"
"With a clear vision you will arrive at your define-destination."
"Without a vision, where is the focus?"
"Better channel your words into prayer, than into complaints. Zip your mouth and make a plan."
"If you aren't constantly focused on your goals, you can easily waste all of the time, energy and money you invest in pursuing them."
"Attacking a provincial lord in his manor house, surrounded by guards...Honestly, Kell, I'd nearly forgotten how foolhardy you can be."Foolhardy?" Kelsier asked with a laugh. "that wasn't foolhardy - that was just a small diversion. You should see some of the things I'm planning to do!Dockson stood for a moment then he laughed too. "By the Lord Ruler, it's good to have you back, kell! I'm afraid I've grown rather boring during the last few years""We'll fix that" Kelsier promised."
"A man may plant a tree for a number of reasons. Perhaps he likes trees. Perhaps he wants shelter. Or perhaps he knows that someday he may need the firewood."
"I need to stop getting into situations where all my options are potentially bad."
"In life, most short cuts end up taking longer than taking the longer route."
"Rule #1 of Traveling-Don't even think of answering questions that contain the word "plan"?"
"It’s not like I planned it. I never woke up from some rosy dream and said, “Okay, world, today I’m gonna spaz."
"A person without a plan is a person with soggy dreams."
"Reality does not create the entire womb of human life. We have eyes that witness truth and beauty. We are creatures that think, plan, dream, and remember. The lambent luminescence supplied by human memory reveals that we live in a dream world. Human imagination tied to memory tells us how to live today and forevermore."
"Several things ran through my head as I watched this silent ballet: First, I was running low on pears, my favorite morning fruit. Second, I, as a woman, am much smarter than men, I having displayed foresight this male apparently lacked in regards to trash day. And finally, I desperately needed to see more of this man in his boxers."
"As many ideas you can generate, encourage them to form nests in your mind, for one will surely liberate you."
"When efforts that are wisely executed, the situation and condition don't affect the performance."
"The elegance under pressure is the result of fearlessness."
"Leaders take actions. Attacking your plans with blows of actions will not cost you painful but temporal bruises. Never leave goals untouched."
"Vision unknown is self-abuse. Vision known is self-abuse discovery. But vision applied is self-liberation. Application is the key"
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