Louis V. Gerstner Jr. Quotes

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.

An inch of foreknowledge is worth ten miles of after-thought.

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

Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

He who has not first laid his foundations may be able with great ability to lay them afterwards, but they will be laid with trouble to the architect and danger to the building.

The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.

It is far better to foresee even without certainty than not to foresee at all.

Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.

If you fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail.

Hope is not a strategy.

Look several months ahead, see where the obstacles lie, and figure out ways to overcome them.

Preparation is everything.

I've always said you get what you organize for.

It is better to anticipate than to react.

Remember this: Anticipation is the ultimate power. Losers react; leaders anticipate.

One cannot manage change. One can only be ahead of it.

The wise man guards against the future as if it were the present.

Success is 20% skills and 80% strategy

It is better to have a bad plan than no plan.

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

The seven Ps: Proper Planning and Preparation Prevent Piss-Poor Performance

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

Predicting rain doesn't count. Building arks does.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive.