Quotes About Planning

The first years of man must make provision for the last.

In baiting a mousetrap with cheese, always leave room for the mouse.

Luck is good planning, carefully executed.

The question isn't at what age I want to retire, it's at what income.

I compensate for big risks by always doing my homework and being well-prepared. I can take on larger risks by reducing the overall risk.

Rome was not built in a day.

An axe at home saves hiring a carpenter.

You decide what it is you want to accomplish and then you lay out your plans to get there, and then you just do it. It's pretty straightforward.

Winning can be defined as the science of being totally prepared.

Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.

The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor.

If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I rise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savour) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.

Take therefore no thought of the morrow; for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today, because if you enjoy it today, you can do it again, tomorrow.

So often we rob tomorrow's memories by today's economies.

The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow.

The past cannot be regained, although we can learn from it; the future is not yet ours even though we must plan for it. ... Time is now. We have only today.

Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine.

Just do your best today and tomorrow will come ... tomorrow's going to be a busy day, a happy day.

The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.

It is better to have a hen tomorrow than an egg today.

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.