Planning Ahead Quotes

“Is it dangerous to plan too much? Yes, we all need to plan, to have a plan, but life goes on regardless of our plans and we know only too well what happens to so many of the best laid plans of mice and men!”
― Leslie W.P. Garland, The Golden Tup

“Not planning enough is like preparing for failure even if you are extremely passionate about your idea.”
― Pooja Agnihotri, 17 Reasons Why Businesses Fail :Unscrew Yourself From Business Failure

“An idiot with a plan can beat a genius without a plan.”
― Warren buffet

“It was the perfect trip, and as far as Stephen was concerned, the whole weekend was one magical accident. And that's because he is the weather, and I am the weather forecaster. He believes in fate, while I am fate.”
― Richard Osman, The Man Who Died Twice

“Plot twist: everything goes exactly as planned.”
― Criss Jami, Healology

“Although routinely criticized, a pessimist attitude enables a person never to be disappointed with the vagrancies of life or frustrated by the outcome of any event. A pessimist prepares for reality by considering every possible contingency. Having reckoned with the worst possible circumstances, and game planned what to do in the event of the most drastic outcome, a pessimist is pleasantly surprised when they achieve a better than expected result.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“Jack said nothing. It was time to start putting his plan into action. Then he remembered: He didn't have one.”
― Jasper Fforde, The Fourth Bear

“The duty of planning the morrow's work is today's duty...”
― C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

“Plan B' might have been 'Plan A' all along.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“We can’t script every detail of our lives. But we can solve the riddle
of fulfillment when we plan ahead while simultaneously embracing
the surprises of each moment.”
― Gina Greenlee, Postcards and Pearls: Life Lessons from Solo Moments on the Road

“They taught me in the Army to make plans based upon the other guy's capabilities, and not based upon his stated intentions. And an employer is capable of firing you at any time.”
― Stephen Morrill, How to Start a Home-Based Writing Business

“I’ve been researching it. I listed to an interview with an actual astronaut on the radio. He said that when he was young and made up his mind that he wanted to go to space, the first thing he did was to figure out all the small steps he would need to take to get there. Because lots of small steps, if they’re good ones, can take you a long way if you’re heading in the right direction. What most people don’t do, this astronaut said, was to even take that first step – or if they do, they fail to plan the complete route to where they really want to be. Most people, he said, just stagger through life, one random step in one random direction at a time. But I’ve done it. I know what I want and how to get there. Now I just need to do it.”
― James T. Guthrie, Bullseye Bella

“When you reach a crossroad decide which direction will bring you the most happiness, satisfaction, and inner peace.”
― Germany Kent

“The heart of a man plans his way,” says Solomon, “but the LORD establishes his steps” (Proverbs 16:9). We are to plan in the here and now, but we can do so in the confidence that the Lord is acting in our lives and in our circumstances, calling us to His purpose.”
― Gene Edward Veith Jr., God at Work: Your Christian Vocation in All of Life

“No one knows tomorrow, yet everyone has plans for tomorrow.”
― John Joclebs Bassey, Night of a Thousand Thoughts

“People plan, God laughs, or something like that.”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Longest Ride

“It is not enough to hope for something to happen and throw it into the universe. You, too, must also work to make it happen.”
― M.B. Dallocchio

“The quality of your ideas 'your actual thoughts' determines your success more than you think.”
― Oscar Auliq-Ice

“We overemphasise miracles when we are supposed to be planning and be thinking forward.”
― Sunday Adelaja

“As I inch forward to embrace my life again by being mindful, writing books, and planning adventures, I sense my dad would approve. I know he would want me to be happy.”
― Lisa J. Shultz, A Chance to Say Goodbye: Reflections on Losing a Parent

“But if you are going to do something properly you have to plan ahead or you will end up cutting the moment wrong. Then events will be all wrinkled and puckered.”
― Helen DeWitt, Some Trick: Thirteen Stories

“Action have consequence, live with it!!!”
― Dennis Daodu

“Planning is a continuous and real-time activity that must anticipate and adapt to counter emerging pitfalls in the pursuit of achieving intended objectives.”
― Victor Manan Nyambala

“Different looks like beginning a plan to solve your problems and then switching to a new plan at the first sign of adversity.”
― Dexter A. Daniels, Consistent, Not Different: Why We Stray from the Path and Reasons to Return

“Plan ahead for developments that could seriously impact you, and then decide how you’d deal with them.”
― Vincent H. O'Neil, The Unused Path: Skills for living an authentic life

“Take a break from physically working.
But don't ever stop thinking or planning.
No one knows what past life is like
Or how is being dead... and when it will strike”
― Ricardo Derose

“Was this level of care completely necessary? Probably not. Did it fill an evening? Definitely.”
― Matt Puchalski, A Pandemic Gardening Journal

“Be an evening general, content at manoeuvring the day’s skirmishes, and not a conscripted grunt griping about duty and suffering. At day’s end, plan tomorrow’s advances.”
― Stewart Stafford

“The future many pursue is only a step ahead:
Get to work. Get to lunch. Get to the end of the day. Get to the weekend. Pay the bills.

When you’re engaged in short-term goals, [you're] like a hamster on a wheel: expending lots of energy, but not making progress.

To exit the rat race of [one-step-ahead] day-to-day mindset requires a shift in your focus. Begin thinking much bigger and further out. [Instead of asking yourself, "what am I doing after this task?" ask yourself:] Where could you be in five years?”
― Benjamin P. Hardy, Be Your Future Self Now: The Science of Intentional Transformation

“Pure ruthlessness was no substitute for careful planning.”
― C.J. Box, Wolf Pack