Fred Thompson Quotes

Always, Always have a plan

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

A fool with a plan can outsmart a genius with no plan.

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

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

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

If you don't have a plan, you become part of somebody else's plan.

It takes real planning to organize this kind of chaos.

You have to have a plan, or else you're just creating a recipe for chaos.

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.

If you have everything prepared, the rest will take care of itself.

Fail to plan, plan to fail.

If I always appear prepared, it is because before entering an undertaking, I have meditated long and have foreseen what might occur. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly and secretly what I should do in circumstances unexpected by others; it is thought and preparation

Management is prediction.

Leave as little to chance as possible. Preparation is the key to success.

If you plan your work, you will not find yourself standing on the corner wondering where to go next.

You must plan your work and then work your plan.

I started playing chess when I was about 4 or 5 years old. It is very good for children to learn to play chess, because it helps them to develop their mental abilities. It also helps to consolidate a person's character, because as it happens both in life and in a chess game we have to make decisions constantly. In chess there is no luck and no excuses: everything is in your hands.

Five minutes of planning are worth fifteen minutes of just looking.

Preparedness is the key to success and victory.

I never wanted to show up and just say, "Okay, what are we doing today? Let's wing it!"

It is one thing to conceive a good plan, and another to execute it

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.

Bring all your intelligence to bear on your beginning.