Chuck Knox Quotes

Hope is not a strategy. Luck is not a factor. Fear is not an option.

Action without planning is the cause of all failure. Action with planning is the cause of all success.

To achieve, you need thought. You have to know what you are doing and that's real power.

Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions - Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.

I start with an end in mind. In everything.

The Bible says, 'Where there is no vision, the people perish.' Have you a vision? And are you undeviatingly pressing and pushing toward its accomplishment? Dreaming alone will not get you there. Mix your dreams with determination and action.

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

Hope is not a strategy.

Fail to plan, plan to fail.

To begin with the end in mind means to start with a clear understanding of your destination. It means to know where you're going so that you better understand where you are now and so that the steps you take are always in the right direction.

It doesn't always happen according to the way you have planned things out but I feel if you have covered most of the aspects, it does help out there in the middle.

You can do anything you want to do, if you know what to do.

Luck is the residue of design.

I planned my success. I knew it was going to happen.

Knowing where you're going is all you need to get there.

Know what you're trying to do before you do it. Turning knobs at random isn't enlightening any more than throwing paint at a wall blindfolded will let you paint a nice picture.

In whatever position you find yourself determine first your objective.

But if I played well and prepared myself properly, then all I had to do was control myself and put myself in a position to win.

It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do your best.

The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.

Neither man nor nation can prosper unless, in dealing with the present, thought is steadily taken for the future.

Vision with action is a daydream; action without vision is a nightmare.

The 6 Ps: Proper Planning Prevents Piss-Poor Performance

I believe that living life with a definiteness of purpose, with having a central focus, is essential to success.

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