The best preparation for the future is the present well seen to, the last duty well done.
—George MacDonald (1824–1905) Scottish Novelist, Lecturer, Poet
If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.
—E. B. White (1985–99) American Essayist, Humorist
Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.
—Tom Landry (1924–2000) American Sportsperson
At all times it is better to have a method.
—Mark Caine
Planning ahead is a measure of class. The rich and even the middle class plan for future generations, but the poor can plan ahead only a few weeks or days.
—Gloria Steinem (b.1934) American Feminist, Journalist, Social Activist, Political Activist
If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it.
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–65) American Head of State
For the happiest life, days should be rigorously planned, nights left open to chance.
—Mignon McLaughlin (1913–83) American Journalist, Author
Bad planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.
—Common Proverb
The beginning is the most important part of any work, especially in the case of a young and tender thing; for that is the time at which the character is being formed and the desired impression more readily taken.
—Plato (428 BCE–347 BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Mathematician, Educator
Before beginning, plan carefully.
—Cicero (106BCE–43BCE) Roman Philosopher, Orator, Politician, Lawyer
It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.
—Jackie Joyner-Kersee (b.1962) American Athlete
To be prepared is half the victory.
—Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish Novelist
Thoroughness characterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains. All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinite painstaking, even to the minutest detail.
—Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American Writer, Publisher, Artist, Philosopher
If you have accomplished all that you have planned for yourself, you have not planned enough.
—Edward Everett Hale (1822–1909) American Unitarian Clergyman, Writer
The loftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.
—Thomas a Kempis (1379–1471) German Religious Priest, Writer
To have his path made clear for him is the aspiration of every human being in our beclouded and tempestuous existence.
—Joseph Conrad (1857–1924) Polish-born British Novelist
A goal without a plan is just a wish.
—Unknown
Plan your progress carefully; hour-by hour, day-by-day, month-by-month. Organized activity and maintained enthusiasm are the wellsprings of your power.
—Paul J. Meyer
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
—Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American Author, Journalist, Attorney, Lecturer
When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.
—Thomas Paine (1737–1809) American Nationalist, Author, Pamphleteer, Radical, Inventor
Can you think of anything more permanently elating than to know that you are on the right road at last?
—Vernon Howard (1918–92) American Spiritual Teacher, Philosopher
We need a sense of the value of time—that is, of the best way to divide one’s time into one’s various activities.
—Arnold Bennett (1867–1931) British Novelist, Playwright, Critic
Many things difficult in design prove easy in performance.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation.
—Robert H. Schuller (1926–2015) American Christian Televangelist, Author
The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.
—Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American Writer, Publisher, Artist, Philosopher
I run on the road, long before I dance under the lights.
—Muhammad Ali (1942–2016) American Sportsperson
Few people have any next, they live from hand to mouth without a plan, and are always at the end of their line.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today’s work superbly well.
—William Osler (1849–1919) Canadian Physician
Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country.
—Anais Nin (1903–77) French-American Essayist
He who fails to plan, plans to fail.
—Common Proverb
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