Quotes About Making Plans and Planning

The beginning is the most important part of any work. ~ Plato

The wisest prophets make sure of the event first. ~ Horace Walpole

Plans must be simple and flexible....They must be made by the people who execute them. ~ George S. Patton, Jr.

Never commit the Execution of a Design to him that had been unwilling to approve of it. ~ Thomas Fuller

It is a bad plan that admits of no modification. ~ Publius Syrus

You can never plan the future by the past. ~ Edmund Burke

The best plan is, as the common proverb has it, to profit by the folly of others. ~ Pliny the Elder

Amid a multitude of projects, no plan is devised. ~ Publius Syrus

Because the good old rule
Sufficeth them,—the simple plan,
That they should take who have the power,
And they should keep who can. ~ William Wordsworth

An individual who is observed to be inconstant in his plans, or perhaps to carry on his affairs without any plans at all, is marked at once, by all prudent people, as a speedy victim in his own unsteadiness and folly. ~ Alexander Hamiton

The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well. ~ Sir William Osher

By failing to prepare you are preparing to fail. ~ Benjamin Franklin

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