Planning Quotes - Page 9

• Every well built house started in the form of a definite purpose plus a definite plan in the nature of a set of blueprints.

  Napoleon Hill

  Nature, Goal, House

  Napoleon Hill (2008). “The Law of Success: The Master Wealth-Builder's Complete and Original Lesson Plan forAchieving Your Dreams”, p.101, Penguin

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• I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacation with better care than they do their lives. Perhaps that is because escape is easier than change

  Jim Rohn

  Life, Change, Vacation

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Sep 09, 2015

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• You must plan to be spontaneous.

  David Hockney

  Spontaneous, Be Spontaneous, Plans

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• Quality planning consists of developing the products and processes required to meet customer's needs

  Joseph M. Juran

  Quality, Needs, Process

  Joseph M. Juran (1988). “Juran on planning for quality”

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• Can you think of anything more permanently elating than to know that you are on the right road at last?

  Vernon Howard

  Thinking, Lasts, Right Road

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• Proper preparation prevents poor performance.

  Charlie Batch

  Preparation, Poor Planning, Performances

  Twitter post from Feb 21, 2013

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• Is the leadership of the worldwide church in the hands of men and women who know how to lead others one by one to Jesus Christ? We are so concerned with planning and administration that there is a danger lest we allow these things to serve as an excuse for not doing the one thing on which all else depends.

  Stephen Neill

  Leadership, Jesus, Men

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• The planning stage of a cruise is often just as enjoyable as the voyage itself, letting one's imagination loose on all kinds of possibilities. Yet translating dreams into reality means a lot of practical questions have to be answered.

  Jimmy Cornell

  Dream, Mean, Reality

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• Adventures happen only to those incapable of planning an expedition.

  Richard Evans Schultes

  Adventure, Expeditions, Incapable

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• If plan A doesn't work, the alphabet has 25 more letters - 204 if you're in Japan.

  Claire Cook

  Determination, Japan, Letters

  Claire Cook (2015). “Seven Year Switch”, p.222, Marshbury Beach Books

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• We are better able to bring the same sort of pragmatic planning and analytical pre-work to our values scripts that we would bring to any other business position that we espouse. This approach enables us to be more reasonable, more respectful, less impulsive and more constructive. Risk cannot be eliminated entirely but that is true in all of life.

  Mary C. Gentile

  Risk, Respectful, Impulsive

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• Just that dwelling and planning is bullshit, you dwell on the past, you can’t move forward. Spend too much time planning for the future and you just push yourself backwards, or you stay stagnant in the same place all your life. Live in the moment, where everything is just right, take your time and limit your bad memories and you’ll get wherever it is you’re going a lot faster and with less bumps in the road along the way.

  J.A. Redmerski

  Memories, Moving, Past

  J. A. Redmerski, J. Lynn, Jay Crownover (2013). “The Edge of Never, Wait For You, Rule: Scorching Summer Reads 3 Books in 1”, p.73, HarperCollins UK

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• Planning is not my friend. Impulse is.

  Kiersten White

  Impulse, My Friends

  Kiersten White (2013). “Mind Games”, p.10, Harper Collins

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• I value my own independence so highly that I can fancy no degradation greater than that of having another man perpetually directing and advising and lecturing me, or even planning too closely in any way about my actions. He might be the wisest of men, or the most powerful - I should equally rebel and resent his interference.

  Elizabeth Gaskell

  Powerful, Men, Independence

  Elizabeth Gaskell (2012). “Norte e Sul: North and South: Edição bilíngue português - inglês”, p.614, Editora Landmark LTDA

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• The door slammed open. Vivenna jumped, putting a hand to her chest. Vasher walked in. 'Start reaching for that sword when you're startled,' he said. 'There's little reason to grab your shirt, unless you're planning to rip it off.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Rip, Doors, Hands

  Brandon Sanderson (2009). “Warbreaker”, p.530, Macmillan

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• Weakness and corruption isn't in the world," Clary snapped. "It's in people. And it always will be. The world just needs good people to balance it out. And you're planning to kill them all.

  Cassandra Clare

  People, Balance, Needs

  Cassandra Clare (2010). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (3 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass”, p.1194, Simon and Schuster

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• You're my all-in Della. I'll throw it all away for you. I just want you. I'm all in, baby. This life with you, I'm planning on us.

  Abbi Glines

  Baby, Want, This Life

  Abbi Glines (2013). “Simple Perfection: A Novel”, p.170, Simon and Schuster

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• Doubtful, but it did work... "Annabeth?" Percy said again. "You're planning something. You've got that I'm-planning-something look." "I don't have an I'm-planning-something look." "Yeah, you totally do. Your eyebrows knit and your lips press together and ---" "Do you have a pen?" she asked him. "You're kidding, right?" He brought out Riptide. "Yes, but can you actually write with it?" "I--I don't know," he admitted. "Never tried.

  Rick Riordan

  Writing, Eyebrows, Together

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• The guy says, "When you work where I work, by the time you get home, it's late. You've got to have a bite to eat, watch a little TV, relax and get to bed. You can't sit up half the night planning, planning, planning." And he's the same guy who is behind on his car payment!

  Jim Rohn

  Motivational, Positive, Home

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Jul 22, 2013

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• The great thing is to be found at one's post as a child of God, living each day as though it were our last, but planning as though the world might last a hundred years.

  C. S. Lewis

  Christian, Children, Years

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• He’s being held prisoner on a ceramic-lined cookie sheet in the oven,” Thomas said. “I figured he couldn’t jigger his way out of a bunch of steel, and it would give him something to think about before we start asking questions.” “That’s an awful thing to do to one of the Little Folk, man,” I said. “I’m planning to start making a pie in front of him.” “Nice.” “Thank you.

  Jim Butcher

  Nice, Men, Thinking

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• How did that go?’ he asked. ‘Your first lengthy conversation with a girl your own age?’ ‘Fabulous,’ said Artemis, voice dripping with sarcasm. ‘We’re planning a June wedding.

  Eoin Colfer

  Girl, Sarcasm, June

  Eoin Colfer (2008). “Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony”, Miramax

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• It is a popular delusion that the government wastes vast amounts of money through inefficiency and sloth. Enormous effort and elaborate planning are required to waste this much money.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Government, Effort, Sloth

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government”, p.36, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• She had reason to doubt him; he was real good at planning but real bad at doing.

  Junot Diaz

  Real, Doubt, Reason

  Junot Diaz (2009). “Drown”, p.88, Faber & Faber

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• People do not get married planning to divorce. Divorce is the result of a lack of preparation for marriage and the failure to learn the skills of working together as teammates in an intimate relationship.

  Gary Chapman

  Divorce, Intimate Relationships, Skills

  Gary Chapman (2010). “Things I Wish I'd Known Before We Got Married”, p.10, Moody Publishers

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