Quotes About Organization

The morning prayer determines the day. Squandered time of which we are ashamed, temptations to which we succumb, weaknesses and lack of courage in work, disorganization and lack of discipline in our thoughts and in our conversation . . . all have their origin most often in the neglect of morning prayer.

One cannot blame an organization that picks up an occasional black sheep, one only takes exception if it retains an accumulation of them.

First things first, but not necessarily in that order.

Good place to put things--cellars.

first, to successfully carry out the organization of socialism in the northern part of the country; second, to support the revolutionary struggle in South Korea; third, to develop solidarity and unity with the international revolutionary forces.

Aside from being an organization front, this place was also a legitimate mission, having as much hot soup and as many mismatched shoes as any other mission in New York, and counters to dispense these items were along the left wall. Juvenile delinquents, looking dangerously bored, manned these posts with less than apparent devotion.

a whole lot of ideas isn't a plan. A plan is a bunch of details that mesh with one another, so you go from this step to this step like crossing a stream on a lot of little boulders sticking out, and never fall in. Ideas without a plan is usually just enough boulders to get you into the deep part of the stream, and no way to get back.

I gave my life to learning how to live. Now that I have organized it all ... it's just about over.

Let every man be master of his time.

Thoughtful financial planning can easily take a backseat to daily life.

Quit saying you don't have time. You have time for what you make time for in life.

Multitasking is a part of my everyday life.

First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.

Everything in life is a checklist, whether it's building a birdhouse or building a kitchen. If you don't have a checklist, you're much more likely to forget something.

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

If you make believe that ten guys in pin-striped suits are back in a kindergarten class playing with building blocks, you'll get a rough picture of what life in a corporation is like.

Most people spend more time planning a one-week vacation than they spend planning their life.

Every minute you spend in planning saves 10 minutes in execution; this gives you a 1,000 percent Return on Energy!

The secret of successful people lies in their ability to discover their strengths and to organize their life so that these strengths can be applied.

A rough rule in life is that an organization foolish in one way in dealing with a complex system is all too likely to be foolish in another.

I'm a lover of lists and five-year plans and Excel spreadsheets. Any way that I can have any control over the direction my life is going, I gravitate towards that.

A committee is the only known form of life with a hundred bellies and no brain.

My good man, could we have one deadly issue to deal with at a time?

People who were normally very organized and in control could fight extremely hard to preserve that control, including reducing their world to a tiny space which could not harm them.