Business Quotes Regarding Planning

The executive of the future will be rated by his ability to anticipate his problems rather than to meet them as they come. Howard Coonley

The man who is prepared has his battle half fought. Miguel de Cervantes

Make no little plans, they have no magic to stir men’s blood. Make big plans, aim high in hope and work and let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty. David Burnham

The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor. Christian Bovée

We can’t cross a bridge until we come to it; but I always like to lay down a pontoon ahead of time. Bernard M. Baruch

We always plan too much and always think too little. Joseph Schumper

Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future. Neils Bohr

Well arranged time is the surest mark of a well arranged mind. Pitman

I thatched my roof when the sun was shining, and now I am not afraid of the storm. George F. Stivers

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. Planning is the open road to your destination. If you don’t know where you are going, how can you expect to get there? Basil S. Walsh

The will to win is worthless if you do not have the will to prepare. Thane Yost

He who every morning plans the transactions of the day and follows out that plan carries a thread that will guide him through the labyrinth of the most busy life. The orderly arrangement of his time is like a ray of life which darts itself through all his occupations. But where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incident, chaos will soon reign. Victor Hugo

The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today’s work superbly well. Sir William Osler

Expect only 5% of an intelligence report to be accurate. The trick of a good commander is to isolate the 5%. Douglas MacArthur

I try to have no plans the failure of which would greatly annoy me. Half the unhappiness in the world is due to the failure of plans which were never reasonable, and often impossible. Edgar Watson Howe

You and I must not complain if our plans break down if we have done our part. That probably means that the plans of One who knows more than we do have succeeded. Edward E. Hale

By failing to prepare you are preparing to fail. Benjamin Franklin

If you don’t have a plan of life, you’ll never have order. Josemaria Escriva

Plan ahead: It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark. Richard Cushing

Make your plans as fantastic as you like, because 25 years from now, they will seem mediocre. Make your plans ten times as great as you first planned, and 25 years from now you will wonder why you did not make them 50 times as great. Henry Curtis