Quotes about Planning Ahead

English Proverb or Saying

Better reap two days too soon than one day too late

Sun Tzu

The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand.

Malcolm X

For tommorow belongs
to those that prepare for it today.

William Shakespeare

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

Douglas Hofstadter

Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.

Ann Landers

Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies.

Stephen Covey

Begin with the end in mind.

Jim Rohn

Don't start your day until you have it finished on paper first.

Benjamin Franklin

Have you something to do to-morrow; do it to-day.

Rick Riordan

Always, Always have a plan

Niccolo Machiavelli

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Pitbull

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

Carl von Clausewitz

Anyone who takes the first step without planning the last step should not be allowed in the counsels of war.

Clausewitz’book is one of the political classics that is read bby the George by almost every national leader and senior military officer in the world. This basic principle was totally violated George W. Bush and his administration team when, in the aftermath of September 11, they ordered the invasion of Afghanistan, and then before they could get that nation stabilized, ordered the invasion of Iraq which was very successful but there was no plan for the occupation after the initial victory. The Bush administration not only did not plan the last step of either war, but they had almost no planning for the any of the steps after the initial invasions.

Warren Buffett

Predicting rain doesn't count. Building arks does.

Benjamin Franklin

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

Roy Keane

Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

David Cameron

You don’t make decisions in hindsight; you make them in the present. You live and learn.

The Prime Minister was called to answer for one of his appointments where the appointee and been the Editor of the World News International. Later, it tuned out that the publication during his editorship had committed a large number of unethical and criminal acts.

JoJo Siwa

When I plan ahead, I don't just plan what I'm doing tomorrow. I also plan what I'm doing five years from now.

Denise Morrison

I think you have to see two steps ahead of things. That's just the way I roll.

Alan Jackson

If you can last until you're 40 years old, hopefully you'll be mature enough to figure out the rest of the years.

Gza

Writing is sort of like chess for me. You have to think carefully before you move, thinking, planning.

Brian Tracy

Every minute you spend in planning saves 10 minutes in execution; this gives you a 1,000 percent Return on Energy!

Allison Williams

There's no trajectory to follow. Even if you were to say, 'OK, I'm going to model my ascent based on this other person's,' luck and timing play such a big part that it's really futile.

Rza

When you prepare for something, it's like jumping into cold water, but you're prepared. You jump in. And you start swimming, or if you don't swim, you drown.

Dorothy Day

Why was so much done in remedying the evil instead of avoiding it in the first place?

Planning Ahead Quotes