“In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.”
“Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.”
“A plan is a list of actions arranged in whatever sequence is thought likely to achieve an objective.”
“A good plan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the best way to get there.”
“There is no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the end from the beginning.”
“When schemes are laid in advance, it is surprising how often the circumstances will fit in with them.”
“It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.”
“Can you think of anything more permanently elating than to know that you are on the right road at last?”
“Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists between where you are now and the goal you intend to reach.”
“Make your mold. The best flux in the world will not make a usable shape unless you have a mold to pour it in.”
“To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs.”
“Few people have any next, they live from hand to mouth without a plan, and are always at the end of their line.”
“Developing the plan is actually laying out the sequence of events that have to occur for you to achieve your goal.”
“Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.”
“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.”
“The best business plans are straightforward documents that spell out the ''who, what, where, why, and how much... ''”
“To have his path made clear for him is the aspiration of every human being in our beclouded and tempestuous existence.”
“A first-rate Organizer is never in a hurry. He is never late. He always keeps up his sleeve a margin for the unexpected.”
“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.”
“Every well built house started in the form of a definite purpose plus a definite plan in the nature of a set of blueprints.”
“One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast withers as rapidly; and that which grows slow endures.”
“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.”
“When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people.”
“Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.”
“Strategic planning will help you fully uncover your available options, set priorities for them, and define the methods to achieve them.”
“If you employed study, thinking, and planning time daily, you could develop and use the power that can change the course of your destiny.”
“The short- term plan, then, is an operative plan defining goals in writing and clearly indicating how these goals are to be carried out...”
“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.”
“First you write down your goal; your second job is to break down your goal into a series of steps, beginning with steps which are absurdly easy.”
“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?”