T. Boone Pickens Quotes

A Fool with a Plan is better off than a Genius without a Plan!

Always, Always have a plan

Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

It is according to the shapes that I lay the plans for victory, but the multitude does not comprehend this. Although everyone can see the outward aspects, none understands the way in which I have created victory.

I've always had goals, always had visions, always had a plan, always been very strategic.

We've got to fool the fools, and plan the plans. We must rule the rules, got to stand the stands.

There is never a need to outrun anything you can outwit.

Those who plan do better than those who do not plan, even should they rarely stick to their plan.

When schemes are laid in advance, it is surprising how often the circumstances will fit in with them.

Always have a plan, and believe in it. Nothing happens by accident.

Foreknowledge is power.

I'm trying to see what way I could lead so when the opportunity comes, it won't just hit me in the face.

I like to plan. I like to see the future.

He who fails to plan, plans to fail.

Russians don't take a dump, son, without a plan.

The man who is prepared has his battle half fought.

Unless an action is rightly thought out and its steps rightly planned, every stage of its performance will probably remain vague and therefore unsatisfactory for the doer and all those concerned.

If you don't have a viable strategy, you will be defeated by someone who does.

I wisely started with a map.

Every battle is won before it is fought.

I may say that this is the greatest factor: the way in which the expedition is equipped, the way in which every difficulty is foreseen, and precautions taken for meeting or avoiding it. Victory awaits him who has everything in order, luck, people call it. Defeat is certain for him who has neglected to take the necessary precautions in time, this is called bad luck.

The one who anticipates the action wins. The one who does not, loses.

I learned how to order my thoughts, and most important, learned how to develop a plan. I discovered the power of a plan. If you can plan it out, and it seems logical to you, you can do it. And that was the secret to success.

Success is 20% skills and 80% strategy. You might know how to read, but more importantly, what's your plan to read?

Hope is not a strategy.