Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.

Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.

Magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life.

Magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life.

It's not the plan that is important, it's the planning.

It's not the plan that is important, it's the planning.

Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life read more

Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of action without thought.

Make your mold. The best flux in the world will not make a usable shape unless you have a mold read more

Make your mold. The best flux in the world will not make a usable shape unless you have a mold to pour it in.

Of right and wrong he taught
Truths as refined as ever Athens heard;
And (strange to tell) read more

Of right and wrong he taught
Truths as refined as ever Athens heard;
And (strange to tell) he practis'd what he preach'd.

A plan is a list of actions arranged in whatever sequence is thought likely to achieve an objective.

A plan is a list of actions arranged in whatever sequence is thought likely to achieve an objective.

You are harping on the same string.
[Lat., Cantilenam candem canis.]

You are harping on the same string.
[Lat., Cantilenam candem canis.]

Long-range planning works best in the short term.

Long-range planning works best in the short term.