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"You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do."
Henry Ford
"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe."
Abraham Lincoln
"It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time."
Winston Churchill
"Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success."
Pablo Picasso
"Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win."
Sun Tzu
"Who wishes to fight must first count the cost."
Sun Tzu
"Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack."
Sun Tzu
"Plan for what it is difficult while it is easy, do what is great while it is small."
Sun Tzu
"Ponder and deliberate before you make a move."
Sun Tzu
"Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt."
Sun Tzu
"First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination."
Napoleon Hill
"All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea."
Napoleon Hill
"The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining."
John F. Kennedy
"Life is what happens while you are making other plans."
John Lennon
"We are comfortable planting seeds and waiting for them to grow into trees."
Jeff Bezos
"Sometimes (often actually) in business, you do know where you’re going, and when you do, you can be efficient. Put in place a plan and execute. In contrast, wandering in business is not efficient ... but it’s also not random. It’s guided – by hunch, gut, i"
Jeff Bezos
"Get your ideas on paper and study them. Do not let them go to waste!"
Les Brown
"Without a solid, realistic and detailed plan, the goal is nothing more than a pipe dream. And without the commitment to follow through on that plan and put forth the necessary effort, the dream is nothing more than a good intention."
Les Brown
"Not having goals is like having no idea where you want to go when you step up to an airline counter to buy a ticket."
Les Brown
"Think big when you set your goals. Dare to think big and then set a series of smaller goals to get you there."
Les Brown