Quotes About Planning

short-term expediency always fails in the long term.

You cannot go on forever stealing what you need without regard to those who come after. The physical qualities of a planet are written into its economic and political record. We have the record in front of us and our course is obvious.

plan depends as much upon execution as it does upon concept.

I check the list. Rubber tubing, gas, saw, gloves, cuffs, razor wire, hatchet, Gladys, and my mitts.

Callie and Iola are giving the party together," Frank explained. "That reminds me, Joe. We're supposed to pick up the ice cream!" A short time later, as Frank and Joe stepped from the house, they noted the gray, leaden sky overhead. "Looks as if that fogbank has moved in from the bay," Joe commented. "It'll be thick downtown.

Better to have, and not need, than to need, and not have.

When people have a willpower failure, it's because they haven't anticipated a situation that's going to come along.

You shouldn't have counseling at the end of life. You ought to have counseling 20 years before you're going to die. You ought to plan these things out. And I don't have any problem with things like living wills. But they ought to be done within the family.

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.

In the first six to twelve months of a war with the United States and Great Britain I will run wild and win victory upon victory. But then, if the war continues after that, I have no expectation of success.

Don't play for one run unless you know that run will win a ballgame.

You win pennants in the off season when you build your teams with trades and free agents.

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

Eventually, my W-2 income will wind down, and my investments can actually make that up.

I think there's a time to work, and everyone has to kind of adjust. And then there's a time to relax, and be the mom or take the kids on vacation when you need to wind down. So it's a matter of planning, and being able to map out your year or your week or let's start with the day. It is just being multi-tasking and being available.

You have a short window, you know, and if I plan on living the lifestyle I want, I've got to make a nest egg.

If you're going away, be sure to cancel the paper, the milk, and the laundry pickup. Remove the fresh stuff from the ice box, lock the windows and doors, and phone the cops and tell them how long you'll be gone so they'll keep an eye out for burglars.

My assignment was exclusively in the research field, and my first published paper, On the Optimal Use of Winds for Flight Planning, was the outgrowth of that work.

What I learned from architectural drafting is that everything has to have a plan to work. You just can't wing it. I can't get all the materials I need for a house and just start building. Whether it's a career, family, life - you have to plan it out.

You can't rely on luck. I've had some stages in my career where I've said we're going to wing it, and we've always ended up in trouble.

To stay ahead, you must have your next idea waiting in the wings.

So I plan to prepare thoroughly and have several outfits waiting in the wings in case of inclement weather.

To win is not important. To be successful is not even important. How to plan and prepare is crucial. When you plan very well and prepare very well, then success can come on the way. Then winning can come on your way.

For me, the winning strategy in any start-up business is, 'Think big but start small.'