Quotes About Planning

The higher level of grand strategy [is] that of conducting war with a far-sighted regard to the state of the peace that will follow.

There's no such thing as mistakes – only a lack of foresight.

If you 're serious about getting it on again, be sure to give me some advance notice, so I can grab my appointment calendar and block out three minutes.

Stuck in traffic is not an excuse. It's a sign of bad planning

When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money.

The future does not happen just by chance.

Chess is a miniature version of life. To be successful, you need to be disciplined, assess resources, consider responsible choices and adjust when circumstances change.

In a special file cabinet drawer or dedicated file box, keep six file folders for each high-school student. Label them: Course Descriptions Books Read Papers Written Recommendations Extracurricular Activities Other

During the last few hours of the trip, he and Tess had drilled procedures and done a whole lot of worst-case-scenario type war-gaming. He was now as convinced as he'd ever be that she knew what to do and where to go if Godzilla attacked Kazabek...

You brought condoms on a training operation?" Harvard laughed as he opened one of the Velcro pockets of his vest. "Yeah. You did, too. You should have three or four in your combat vest. To put over our rifle barrels in case of heavy rain, remember?

So it's you and a syringe against the Capitol? See, this is why no one lets you make the plans.

You don't destroy what you want to acquire in the future.

Wars are won by heads not hearts.

Courage in battle was often necessary because of someone else's poor planning.

We sit in silence awhile then I blurt out the thing that's on both our minds. "How are we going to kill these people, Peeta?

Beetee's glad we find the plan hard to follow, because then our enemies will, too. Like your electricity trap in the arena? I ask. Exactly. And see how well that worked out? says Beetee. Well...not really, I think.

Wars are won with heads, not hearts.

My advisors were concerned you would be difficult, but you're not planning on being difficult at all, are you?" "No.

from a place of protection to a sinister trap. I know at some point we'll be forced to reenter its depths, either to hunt or be hunted, but for right now I'm planning to stick

See, this is why no one lets you make the plans,

But we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

Cinna, it seems, has thought of everything.

We should always prepare for the tests that we know about. After all, there are so many that surprise us.

I get so frustrated when people tell me it's unrealistic to create an eight-month emergency savings fund, or have money saved for a home down payment, or pay off their $5 000 credit card balance.