PLANNING

 

Plans are nothing; planning is everything.

Dwight D. Eisenhower - 1890-1969, Thirty-fourth USA President

 

If you have accomplished all that you have planned for yourself, you have not planned enough

Edward Everett Hale - 1822-1909, Writer

 

Always have a plan, and believe in it. Nothing happens by accident.

Chuck Knox - Football Coach

 

To be prepared is half the victory.

Miguel De Cervantes - 1547-1616, Spanish Novelist, Dramatist

 

Success or failure is often determined on the drawing board.

Robert J. McKain

 

Meticulous planning will enable everything a man does to appear spontaneous.

Mark Caine

 

A good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week.

George S. Patton - 1885-1945, Army General 

 

First you write down your goal; your second job is to break down your goal into a series of steps, beginning with steps which are absurdly easy.

Fitzhugh Dodson

 

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; 1859-1915, Author, Publisher

 

Strategic planning will help you fully uncover your available options, set priorities for them, and define the methods to achieve them.

Robert J. McKain

 

The best business plans are straightforward documents that spell out the ''who, what, where, why, and how much... ''

Paula Nelson ; 1945-, Business Executive

 

f you employed study, thinking, and planning time daily, you could develop and use the power that can change the course of your destiny.

W. Clement Stone ; 1902-, Businessman, Author

 

Everything someone does on a daily basis should be traceable back to an annual or quarterly plan.

Richard E. Griggs; Founder of MANFIT

 

One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast withers as rapidly; and that which grows slow endures.

Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1819-1881, Author