"Our plans miscarry because they have no aim."
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"Managers who extensively plan the future get the timing wrong."
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"Plans are worthless, but planning is invaluable."
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"Failing to plan means planning to fail. What are your goals?"
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"Before a battle, planning is everything. Once the fighting has begun, it's worthless"
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"A victim of God may, Through learning adaption, Become a partner of God, A victim of God may, Through forethought and planning, Become a shaper of God. Or a victim of God may, Through shortsightedness and fear, Remain God's victim, God's plaything, God's prey."
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"I trust to luck. I am planning to be a millionaire before I die but I don't have a plan as to how that will happen."
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"The end we aim at must be known, before the way can be made."
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"Succession planning often results in the selection of a weaker representation of yourself."
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"We're not planning for the future. If we continue to spend ourselves into oblivion, we are going to destroy this nation."
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"Planning trip around the globe, that is in my room."
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"I'm planning to be the youngest contestant in the Top 32, and I'm planning to be the youngest person in the Top 10."
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"Planning is useless... but the process itself is indispensable."
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"Oprah Winfrey just announced that she's planning to attend Barack Obama's inauguration. Oprah says she's very excited to see Obama become the second-most powerful person in the world."
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"In the end, failing to plan and planning to fail aren't so different."
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"storming, enjoying, planning, loving, cautioning, Backing and filling, appearing and disappearing, I tread day and night such roads."
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"I have found in my experience of war, that plans are useless, but planning is invaluable."
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"Plans are worthless. Planning is priceless."
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"But I had no plans to end my own life, and accidents couldn't be predicted. Neither could murder, unless my aunt and uncle were planning to take me out themselves."
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"Just because you make a good plan, doesn't mean that's what's gonna happen."
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