Benjamin Franklin Quotes

We've plotted through the years of how to get to here, where we are now, or we would have never made it.

Vision without execution is hallucination.

I'm very much a creative person, but you've got to do the follow-through. A lot of people start out with an exciting thing and they want to take over the world, but really the people who do take over the world have a good plan of how to get there and the steps along the way.

In every aspect of life, have a game plan, and then do your best to achieve it.

Good plans shape good decisions. That's why good planning helps to make elusive dreams come true.

Vision without execution is delusion.

You've got to think about big things while you're doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.

To me, success in the job is setting a vision, guiding an organization through change - which is exactly what I did at Digitas, and I'm very proud of that - and bringing people together and with you. That, to me, is what it takes to be successful.

Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there.

Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.

Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal.

Sound strategy starts with having the right goal.

Amid a multitude of projects, no plan is devised.

You have to have a dream, whether big or small. Then plan well, focus, work hard, and be very determined to achieve your goals.

It is one thing to see the forward path and another to be able to take it. But it is better to have an ambitious plan than none at all.

Personal excellence can be achieved by a visionary goal, through planning, dedicated execution, and total follow-through.

Have a plan. Follow the plan, and you'll be surprised how successful you can be. Most people don't have a plan. That's why it's easy to beat most folks.

Show me any top entertainer or top business executive, and I'll show you a guy who has mapped out his life from the very start.

A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.

I think my motto is to always remain focused on what it is that you're trying to accomplish.

If you have a vision and you are trying to accomplish something, you have to be competitive, or things are going to slip by you.

Know your priorities and identify the five powerful action steps that you intend to take to move your initiatives forward each day. If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually, the tree has to fall down.

Well, to me, my past accomplishments weren't crazy. They required a lot of skill and careful planning.

The thing that I learned early on is you really need to set goals in your life, both short-term and long-term, just like you do in business. Having that long-term goal will enable you to have a plan on how to achieve it.

Be very strong... be very methodical in your life if you want to be a champion.