To plan means to envision a future and the steps that it takes to get there. Here are some wise words from many sources about plans and planning.
Determine the thing that can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
Reflection enables us to discern the next step even if we are not clear about the next mile.
I made no resolutions for the new year. The habit of making plans, of criticizing, sanctioning, and molding my life, is too much of a daily event for me.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: first, an ideal, with takes the imagination by storm, and second, a definite intelligible plan for carrying that ideal into practice.
Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.
Nothing happens unless first we dream.
I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.
I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.
In winter, I plot and plan. In spring, I move.
Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.
Strategic planning is worthless — unless there is first a strategic vision.
Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.
It is more important to know where you are going than to get there quickly. Do not mistake activity for achievement.
Coincidence takes a lot of planning.
Tell me, what do you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
A goal is a dream with a deadline.
Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you are ready or not, to put this plan into action.
First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
Unless commitment is made, there are only hopes, but no plans.
There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.
The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men
Gang aft a-gley,
An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain
For promis’d joy.
No wind serves a ship that has no port.
The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.
Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
