Quotes About Planning

Planning is bringing the future into the present.

We all worry about the population explosion, but we don't worry about it at the right time.

The best time to plan a book is while you're doing the dishes.

Order (self-organizat ion): Set aside time to plan how you will spend your time. Think about what's most important. Then do those things first.

We can't cross that bridge until we come to it, but I always like to lay down a pontoon ahead of time.

Decide the outcome and the action step, put reminders of those somewhere your brain trusts youll see them at the right time, and listen to your brain breathe easier.

Planning is not just guessing, it is harmful guessing, because it is a waste of time. All the time you spend doing your five year plan you can use to worry about tomorrow.

Lists today are a way of trying to get through the day, because we are losing a sense of time.

No matter how advanced your camera you still need to be responsible for getting it to the right place at the right time and pointing it in the right direction to get the photo you want.

The 33 or 34-year-olds will be 36 or 37 by the time the next World Cup comes around, if they're not careful.

As you schedule individual tasks, give yourself a cushion. Mark the due date a few days ahead of the actual deadline so you have time to deal with changes or last-minute emergencies.

The future comes one day at a time [so don't fear and try to solve all the worries and problems of the future today].

I'm a strategist, not a motivator. I'm obsessed with finding strategies that create real results in the shortest period of time.

He promised his lover a great deal, while all the time he was coldly planning one of the cruelest crimes I've ever written about.

Life is haphazard. We plan, and then we deal when the plans go awry. Control is an illusion; best intentions are the best we can do.

she had violated one of the basic tenets of any competent cook: she had purchased a turkey without comparing its size to the size of her oven.

you ride a winged horse, you'd better have a wide net when you fall. And that takes money!

Emma took a step back, surveying her. "So you're going into society on Rohan's arm tonight. What will you wear?" "I hadn't thought about it," she lied, pushing her loose hair away from her face. "I must have something left from my season." "Jesus God," Emma muttered. "We've got our work cut out for us." And suddenly she raised her voice. "Girls! We have a project!

While the train racketed along, he sorted his currency into envelopes that he'd brought from home—each envelope clearly marked with a different denomination. (No fumbling with unfamiliar coins, no peering at misleading imprints, if you separate and classify foreign money ahead of time.)

Willa said, "What…?" Then she said, "You're starting your job this June, though." "Right." "You want to get married in two months?" "Or it could be three, if you need more time to plan the wedding," he said. "You mean before I finish school?" "You can finish in California." "But at Kinney I have a full scholarship!" "So? You could get a scholarship in California, too.

He had been forty-three years old—too young to think of making funeral plans. So all of that was left to Willa

He must have been thinking about this ahead of time. He must have consciously decided he wanted her, and imagined how it would be. The knowledge made her feel mysterious and desirable and grown-up.

A schedule defends from chaos and whim. A net for catching days.

Your job isn't to do your job. Your job is to decide what to do next.