Sayings about Planning & Preparations

When the will is ready the feet are light. ~ Traditional Proverb

If the time has passed, there is no point in preparing. ~ Yemeni Proverbs

If you want to be happy for a year, plant a garden; If you want to be happy for life, plant a tree. ~ English Proverbs

He who hides his faults plans to make more. ~ Chinese Proverb

Thinking well is wise; planning well, wiser; but doing well is the wisest and best of all. ~ Persian Proverb

An accidental meeting is more pleasant than a planned one. ~ Chinese Proverb

The rich man plans for tomorrow, the poor man for today. ~ Chinese Proverb

The lazier a man is, the more he plans to do tomorrow. ~ Norwegian Proverbs

If you don’t have a plan for yourself, you’ll be part of someone else’s. ~ American Proverbs

Eat when the meal is ready, speak when the time is ripe. ~ Ethiopian Proverb

Prepare yourself for when the water comes up to your knees. ~ Congolese Proverb

Man has a thousand plans, heaven but one. ~ Chinese Proverb

The way you prepare the bed, so shall you sleep. ~ Yiddish Proverbs

Coincidence defeats a well-laid plan. ~ Filipino Proverb

If you are planning to travel where corn grows, you should take a sickle with you. ~ Ethiopian Proverb

The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry. ~ English Proverb

He that parts with his property before his death prepares himself for much suffering. ~ French Proverb

Thirty-six plans of how to win the battle are not so good as one plan to withdraw from the fight. ~ Japanese Proverbs

My fathers planted for me, and I planted for my children. ~ Hebrew Proverb

If you wish for peace be ready for war. ~ Traditional Proverb

When one is prepared, difficulties do not come. ~ Traditional Proverb

One with the courage to laugh is master of the world almost as much as the one who is ready to die. ~ Italian Proverbs

It’s a bad plan that cannot be changed. ~ Italian Proverb

Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. ~ English Proverbs

If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.~ Chinese Proverb

Let the sword decide only after the plan has failed. ~ Arabian Proverb

Plan your life at New Year’s eve, your day at dawn. ~ Japanese Proverb

You must be fully prepared to lose a great deal in order to make a great deal. ~ Traditional Proverb

Last night I made a thousand plans, but this morning I went my old way. ~ Chinese Proverb

A thousand workers, a thousand plans. ~ Chinese Proverb

To make preparations does not spoil the trip. ~ Guinean Proverbs

Before you prepare to improve the world, look around your own house three times. ~ Chinese Proverb

Need teaches a plan. ~ Irish Proverbs

To win a war quickly takes long preparation. ~ Latin Proverbs

The camel and his driver — each has his own plan. ~ African Proverb

The day you are leaving is not the time to start your preparations. ~ Nigerian Proverb

It’s a bad plan that cannot be changed. ~ Italian Proverbs

Quotations about Plans and Planning

Plans are nothing; planning is everything. ~ Dwight D Eisenhower

Your life can’t go according to plan if you have no plan. ~ Author Unknown

Men never plan to be failures; they simply fail to plan to be successful. ~ William A.Ward

Plans get you into things, but you got to work your way out. ~ Will Rogers

Many people spend more time in planning the wedding than they do in planning the marriage ~ Zig Ziglar

Always be planning something. ~ John A. Schindler

It’s never too late to start planning for the future. ~ Author Unknown

When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal. ~ Napoleon Hill

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

It is a bad plan that admits of no modification. ~ Syrus (Publilius Syrus)

If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much. ~ Jim Rohn

A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow. ~ George S Patton

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

Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action. ~ Napoleon Hill

God’s retirement plan is out of this world ~ Author Unknown

Failure is nature’s plan to prepare you for great responsibilities. ~ Napoleon Hill

Planning without action is futile, action without planning is fatal~ Author Unknown

A life that hasn’t a definite plan is likely to become driftwood. ~ David Sarnoff

Planning is an unnatural process; it is much more fun to do something. The nicest thing about not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise, rather than being preceded by a period of worry and depression. ~ Sir John Harvey

Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money. ~ Ambrose Bierce

Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever; but plan for the hereafter as if you expect to die tomorrow. ~ Ibn Gabirol

Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan. ~ Norman Vincent Peal

Failing to plan is planning to fail. ~ Alan Lakein

It’s not the plan that is important, it’s the planning. ~ Graeme Edwards

An intelligent plan is the first step to success. The man who plans knows where he is going, knows what progress he is making and has a pretty good idea when he will arrive.~ Basil S Walsh

Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now. ~ Alan Lakein