Planning For The Future Quotes

“Finding a balance between living in the present and planning for the future is a key to navigating uncertainty. It's about aligning our mindset with the understanding that expectations and strategies should be adaptable and fluid, not rigid or dogmatic. ("Life had taken them by Surprise “)”
― Erik Pevernagie

“Is it dangerous to plan too much? Yes, we all need to plan, to have a plan, but life goes on regardless of our plans and we know only too well what happens to so many of the best laid plans of mice and men!”
― Leslie W.P. Garland, The Golden Tup

“The optimist is a pessimist with a plan”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“Well, you may think you have all your ducks in a row, that your life is sorted. You might have the perfect house, the perfect job, the perfect life, nothing to worry about and then something can come along and end all of that in a second. It’s absolutely beyond your control. You can’t plan for unexpected things. And then people start saying, as a way of coping with this latest catastrophe, that it was meant to happen, it was fate. It’s not fate, it’s not some greater force out there. It’s just life and you cannot control life.”
― Garry Crystal, Leaving London

“Although routinely criticized, a pessimist attitude enables a person never to be disappointed with the vagrancies of life or frustrated by the outcome of any event. A pessimist prepares for reality by considering every possible contingency. Having reckoned with the worst possible circumstances, and game planned what to do in the event of the most drastic outcome, a pessimist is pleasantly surprised when they achieve a better than expected result.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“If we're following our path, then worrying about what could or should happen is a worse illness than what could or should happen. And it's more likely we're going to be out of balance if we worry. The idea is that the future will take care of itself if we remain in the present. I really don't know what I'll do and I don't think about it that much.”
― Daniel Suelo, The Man Who Quit Money

“When you reach a crossroad decide which direction will bring you the most happiness, satisfaction, and inner peace.”
― Germany Kent

“Failure to plan means planning to fall.”
― Angeline Boulley, Firekeeper’s Daughter

“The window of opportunity to plan and prepare for the end of his life had closed gradually. Any cracks left open to talk candidly were tenuous and fleeting.”
― Lisa J. Shultz, A Chance to Say Goodbye: Reflections on Losing a Parent

“If you have zero sales or no clients to meet today, it means your efforts yesterday, the day before, the week before or the month before that were not effective; what you are going to get today will always be due to the preparatory work done in the past.”
― ShahenshahHK

“the future is just like a wrapped gift whose content is unknown”
― Fausat Omolara Ayinla

“We cannot plan a party for the apocalypse
because friends of the apocalypse know
the apocalypse always shows up
uninvited with a half-eaten bag of chips.”
― Kelli Russell Agodon, Dialogues with Rising Tides

“Be prepared or prepare to be blindsided.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Leadership by Example: Be a role model who inspires greatness in others

“Assuming you live through taking on the Archangels and Asteri, what then?'

'I don't know.' He gave her a half smile. 'Maybe you and I can figure it out, Quinlan. We'll have centuries to do it.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood

“We plan so much in our heads, and do very little with our hands.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, These Words Pour Like Rain

“Your future is brighter than you can imagine.”
― Heather Holmes