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The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails. - John Maxwell
Drive fear out of organization - Deming
Only pessimism sounds profound. Optimism sounds superficial. - Teresa Amabile
Measure the process that produces the result, not the result - Jeffrey Pfeffer
Chance favors those in motion. - James H. Austin, Professor of Neurology and Author
Plans are nothing; planning is everything. - Dwight D. Eisenhower
When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. - Chinese Proverb
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. - Benjamin Franklin
All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination. - Earl Nightingale
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
Four steps to achievement: Plan purposefully. Prepare prayerfully. Proceed positively. Pursue persistently. - William A. Ward
In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high. - Henry David Thoreau
Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan. - Tom Landry
Always plan ahead. It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark. - Richard C. Cushing
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. - Albert Einstein
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. - Albert Einstein
The conventional definition of management is getting work done through people, but real management is developing people through work. - Agha Hasan Abedi
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. - Peter F. Drucker
Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall. - Stephen R. Covey The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.– Chinese proverb

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