Planning Quotes

Planning Quote of the day

A goal without a plan is only a dream.

If the plan doesn’t work, change the plan, but never the goal.

Life isn't about plans it's about results.

Either you run the day or the day runs you.

The materials of city planning are: sky, space, trees, steel and cement; in that order and that hierarchy.

Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.

Be candid with everyone.

The more time you spend contemplating what you should have done... you lose valuable time planning what you can and will do.

Have a good plan, execute it violently, and do it today.

Quality planning consists of developing the products and processes required to meet customer's needs

I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity.

As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.

[Socialistic] economic planning, regulation, and intervention pave the way to totalitarianism by building a power structure that will inevitably be seized by the most power-hungry and unscrupulous.

Strategy is not the consequence of planning, but the opposite: its starting point.

Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.

We all seem to stumble, planning our own demise, Getting the big picture, and making it wallet-sized.

An hour of planning can save you 10 hours of doing.

Simplicity and common sense should characterize planning and strategic direction.

Run from what's comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I'll be mad.

With sufficient planning, you can almost eliminate adventure from an expedition.

Design is the art of planning, and it is the art of making things possible.

Do not try to make circumstances fit your plans. Make plans that fit the circumstances.

Are you really questioning the wisdom of central planning? Because the happy citizens of Cuba and North Korea beg to differ.

Don't let your thoughts run away with you, don't start planning to bail out because you're worried about the future and how much you can take. Don't look ahead to the pain. Just get through the day.

Meticulous planning will enable everything a man does to appear spontaneous.

The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.

Life is architecture and architecture is the mirror of life.

Disappointment requires adequate planning.

A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power.

You cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contraception and family planning and access to legal, safe abortion.

Stop worrying about missed opportunities and start looking for new ones.

I think we have to notice that the business processes we use right now for thinking and planning and budgeting and strategy are all delivered on very tight agendas.

Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it... Success is shy - it won't come out while you're watching.

The pursuit of excellence is less profitable than the pursuit of bigness, but it can be more satisfying.

Strategic planning is worthless - unless there is first a strategic vision.

The more the state "plans" the more difficult planning becomes for the individual.

Plan for what is difficult while it is easy, do what is great while it is small.

Architecture can't force people to connect, it can only plan the crossing points, remove barriers, and make the meeting places useful and attractive.

Ooh! Jesus Christ had dreads, so shake 'em. I ain't got none, but I'm planning on growing some. Imagine all the Hebrews going dumb... Dancing on top of chariots and turning tight ones.

Planning stuff out sucks. If you plan stuff out, you wind up talking in a very monotonous, unnatural way.

At the University of Maryland, my first year I started off planning to major in art because I was interested in theatre design, stage design or television design.

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.

Strategic planning is not strategic thinking. Indeed, strategic planning often spoils strategic thinking, causing managers to confuse real vision with the manipulation of numbers.

I was planning to be a baseball player until I ran into something called a curveball. And that set me back.

The whole secret of freedom from anxiety over not having enough time lies not in working more hours, but in the proper planning of the hours.

Plans are nothing; planning is everything.

When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.

Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.

Wealth is more often the result of a lifestyle of hard work, perseverance, planning, and, most of all, self-discipline.