Quotes About Planning

he will automatically assume that he is also in possession of a toothbrush, washcloth, soap, tin of biscuits, flask, compass, map, ball of string, gnat spray, wet-weather gear, space suit etc., etc.

He waited and waited for another accident to happen. The trouble with trying to make the right accident happen is that it won't. That is not what "accident" means. The accident that eventually occurred was not what he had planned at all.

But Mr. Dent, the plans have been available in the local planning office for the last nine months.

It's not enough to figure out how to do something. You must also analyze every possible path to failure. Only then can you be certain of success.

It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.

Don't neglect the future in times of plenty, for tomorrow you may need what you wasted today.

Prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.

For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today

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

The best time for planning a book is while you're doing the dishes.

Arrange your ideas. Be methodical. Be orderly. There is the secret of success.

But to succeed in life every detail should be arranged well beforehand.

It is the kind of thing that happens to you when you are stupid," said Esa. "Things go entirely differently from the way you planned them.

Like many old people she slept lightly and had periods of wakefulness which she used for the planning of some action or actions to be carried out on the next or following days.

Miss Marple,' said Sir Henry, "you frighten me. I hope you will never wish to remove me. Your plans would be too good.

The case was not quite satisfactory to me. All along I was strongly under the impression that we were dealing with a cold-blooded and premeditated crime committed by someone who had contented themselves (very cleverly) with using Monsieur Renauld's own plans for throwing the police off the track. The great criminal (as you may remember my remarking to you once) is always supremely simple." -- Hercule Poirot

to succeed in life every detail should be arranged well beforehand.

Think, my friend," said Poirot's voice encouragingly. "Arrange your ideas. Be methodical. Be orderly. There is the secret of success.

It's frightening, you know, how soon money goes if you're not clever about it.

a man of method. He might bring intelligence, talent, a careful calculation of detail to the task;

Perhaps. But to succeed in life every detail should be arranged well beforehand.

Until the last minute I keep everything here," he tapped his forehead.

The Lacedemonians are not wont to ask how many the enemy are, but where they are.

Define what the product will do before you design how the product will do it.