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Navigate the path to success with strategic planning cartoons from CartoonStock.com! Whether you're brainstorming, setting goals, or plotting your next move, our funny strategic planning cartoons will bring a touch of humor to your presentations, reports, and business materials. Chart your course with a smile!

Strategic Planning Cartoon #1

"Hold everything! The P.R. department just sent over this chart."

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"Yeah, everyone agrees on the numbers, but nobody knows what they mean."

Strategic planning cartoon #3.

"And, while there's no reason yet to panic, I think it only prudent that we make preparations to panic."

Strategic planning cartoon #4.

"And now let's practice risk management!"

Strategic planning cartoon #5.

"I'm afraid 'It's a surprise', doesn't cut it as a growth strategy."

Strategic planning cartoon #6.

"I see meetings. Lots of meetings."

Strategic planning cartoon #7.

"Note to team: set your sights higher when formulating the mission statement."

Strategic planning cartoon #8.

"I don't like getting bogged down in details. I'm more of a big-picture guy."

Strategic planning cartoon #9.

"I'm going to bombard you with graphs until you agree with me."

Strategic planning cartoon #10.

"Our latest initiative takes a three-pronged approach."

Strategic planning cartoon #11.

"The only problem I see here is that most of us plan to be out of here in three years."

Strategic planning cartoon #12.

Flowchart of an idea.

Strategic planning cartoon #13.

"Remember the golden rule: more buzzwords, less real words."

Strategic planning cartoon #14.

"Where do you see yourself in five years?"

Strategic planning cartoon #15.

Strategic Planning Cartoon #16

"It's amazing to think he started out in the lobby."

Strategic planning cartoon #17.

Man marks documents as 'Illegal', 'Sweet Spot' and 'Legal'.

Strategic planning cartoon #18.

"Vision: It's what took a small workshop in the North Pole and turned it into the massive global enterprise we know today."

Strategic planning cartoon #19.

"Never delegate authority; delegate liability."

Strategic planning cartoon #20.

"It's the annual report."

Strategic planning cartoon #21.

"Who wants to hear a funny story about the third quarter?"

Strategic planning cartoon #22.

".... and it was at this point that I realized we made the same mistake as before."

Strategic planning cartoon #23.

"We were too busy ignoring the warning signs to pay attention to the projected disaster."

Strategic planning cartoon #24.

'It's a simple two-part strategy. First, locate the hills. Then head for them.'

Strategic planning cartoon #25.

'Enough with all the strategic planning. Just get out there and kill something.'

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51 Best Strategy & Strategy Planning Quotes

With this carefully chosen collection of 51 Best Strategy & Strategy Planning Quotes, you can set off on a journey of strategic enlightenment that will inspire and direct people and organizations toward success. Effective strategy is crucial in the ever-changing worlds of business, leadership, and life. So, Its importance cannot be emphasized enough. These well-chosen quotations capture the accumulated knowledge of visionaries, leaders, and strategic thinkers who have successfully navigated the difficulties of decision-making, planning, and execution.

You’ll come across a wide range of viewpoints as you explore this treasure trove of knowledge, each of which offers a distinct aspect of strategic thinking. Also, From renowned business leaders to military tacticians, philosophers, and thought leaders, these quotes transcend industries and backgrounds, providing a universal language for understanding and mastering the art of strategy.

51 Best Strategy & Strategy Planning Quotes

Strategy is figuring out what not to do. Steve Jobs

Strategic planning is worthless – unless there is first a strategic vision. John Naisbitt

Idea without process is little more than a wish list. Robert Filek.

If you want to succeed and leave your competitors behind, you need great ideas and even greater strategies. Pooja Agnihotri

A vision without a idea remains an illusion. Lee Bolman

If you do not know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere. Henry A. Kissinger

The essence of idea is that you must set limits on what you’re trying to accomplish. The company without a idea is willing to try anything. If all you’re trying to do is essentially the same thing as your rivals, then it’s unlikely that you’ll be very successful. Michael Porter.

Idea is about making choices, trade-offs; it’s about deliberately choosing to be different. Michael Porter

We have a strategic idea. It’s called ‘doing things’. Herb Kelleher

 Hope is not a idea. Vince Lombardi.

Manage the top line: your idea, your people, and your products, and the bottom line will follow. Steve Jobs

In reality idea is actually very straightforward. You pick a general direction and implement like hell. Jack Welch

  Strategic ideas is the continuous process of making present entrepreneurial (risk-taking) decisions systematically and with the greatest knowledge of their futurity; organizing systematically the efforts needed to carry out these decisions; and measuring the results of these decisions against the expectations through organized, systematic feedback. Peter Drucker

There are only two sources of competitive advantage: the ability to learn more about our customers faster than the competition and the ability to turn that learning into action faster than the competition. Jack Welch.

Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do. Steve Jobs

The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday’s logic. Peter Drucker

Idea is about setting yourself apart from the competition. It’s not a matter of being better at what you do – it’s a matter of being different at what you do. Michael Porter

 Idea  plan Michael Porter ning for the future is the most hopeful indication of our increasing social intelligence. William H. Hastie

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Idea is a fancy word for coming up with a long-term plan and putting it into a plan. Ellie Pidot.

Every new change forces all the companies in an industry to adapt their ideas to that change. Bill Gates

There is only one growth idea: work hard. William Hague.

Only a few businesses will succeed by having the lowest price, so most will need a idea that includes customer services. Bill Gates

If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old. Peter Drucker

Idea without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without idea is the noise before defeat. Sun Tzu

A bad idea will fail no matter how good your information is. And lame execution will stymie a good idea. If you do enough things poorly, you’ll go out of business. Bill Gates

The entrance strategy is actually more important than exit strategy. Edward Lampert

Leaders need to provide idea and direction and to give employees tools that enable them to gather information and insight from around the world. Leaders shouldn’t try to make every decision. Bill Gates

What gets measured gets managed. Peter Drucker

 Success is 20% skills and 80% idea. You might know how to succeed, but more importantly, what’s your plan to succeed? Jim Rohn

 Imagination is more important than knowledge. Albert Einstein

A idea is necessary because the future is unpredictable. Robert Waterman.

There’s a fundamental distinction between strategy and operational effectiveness. Michael Porter

Only three things happen naturally in organizations: friction, confusion, and underperformance. Everything else requires leadership. Peter Drucker

 However beautiful the idea, you should occasionally look at the results. Sir Winston Churchill

The sole purpose of strategic planning is to enable the company to gain, as effectively as possible, a sustainable edge over its competitors. Kenichi Ohmae

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 I believe that people make their own luck by great preparation and good idea. Jack Canfield.

 Idea 101 is about choices: You can’t be all things to all people. Michael Porter

 Culture eats idea for breakfast. Peter Drucker

Without idea, execution is aimless. Without execution, idea is useless. Morris Chang

 Failure is the most effective technique to optimize strategic planning, implementation and processes. Thomas A. Edison

Be real and adjust your idea according to honest results. Charles Caleb Corton.

 Globalization means business idea and business ethics cannot be separated from each other. Ofra Strauss.

Sound idea starts with having the right goal. Michael Porter

Idea is a commodity, execution is an art . Peter Drucker

 Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements. Napoleon Hill

Idea is a pattern in a stream of decisions. Henry Mintzberg.

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You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless. Charles de Gaulle

The company without a idea is willing to try anything. Michael Porter

A satisfied customer is the best business strategy of all. Michael LeBoeuf

Idea is style of thinking, a conscious and deliberate process, an intensive implementation system, the science of insuring future success. Pete Johnson

Investing in early childhood nutrition is a surefire idea that turns are incredibly high. Anne M. Mulcahy.

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Strategy Quotes I 54 Great Strategy Quotes & Strategy Execution Quotes!

Strategy quotes: my all time favorite list.

Strategy quotes and strategy execution quotes are great to spice up a PowerPoint presentation. (At the end of this page, you will find some strategy quotes in an easy-to-use banner format.)

I’ve written several posts like: ‘Useful Strategy Execution Quotes’, ‘Useful Quotes about Strategy’, ‘Amazing Process Quotes’ and ‘my favorite quotes on strategy and strategy execution’.

This list brings them all together.

• Top 5 strategy quotes
• Top 5 strategy execution quotes
• Strategy quotes: the long list
• Strategy quotes images

Strategy Quotes: my top 5

Strategy Quote #1.  “Strategy is a pattern in a stream of decisions”  — Henry Mintzberg

Strategy Quote #2 . “The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.”   — Michael Porter

Strategy Quote #3. “We don’t like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out”  — Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles 1962

Strategy Quote #4. “Perception is strong and sight weak. In strategy it is important to see distant things as if they were close and to take a distanced view of close things”  — Miyamoto Musashi, legendary Japanese swordsman

Strategy Quote #5. “Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory, tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.”  — Sun Tsu, Ancient Chinese Military strategist

Strategy Execution quotes: my top 5

Strategy Execution Quote #6. “However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results”  – Sir Winston Churchill

Strategy Execution Quote #7. “Execution is a specific set of behaviors and techniques that companies need to master in order to have competitive advantage. It’s a discipline of its own”   — Ram Charan and Larry Bossidy , Execution

Strategy Execution Quote #8 “Persistence is what makes the impossible possible, the possible likely, and the likely definite”  — Robert Half

Strategy Execution Quote #9. “Strategy Execution is the responsibility  that makes or breaks executives”  — Alan Branche and Sam Bodley-Scott, Implementation 

Strategy Execution Quote #1 0. “You can have anything you want – you just can’t have everything you want” — Anonymous

Strategy quotes / strategy execution quotes: the best of the rest

Here’s a longer list with strategy and strategy execution quotes (including my humble contribution). You will also find some results quotes, process quotes and quotes about plans. [I created a separate list with success quotes ]

Strategy Quote #11. “Strategy is thinking about a choice and choosing to stick with your thinking”

Strategy Quote #12.  “You cannot be everything to everyone. If you decide to go north, you cannot go south at the same time.”

Strategy Quote #13 . “Corporate Social Responsibility should be more than coloring your annual report green and giving a bag of money to your favorite charity in return for some nice pictures”

Strategy Quote #14.  “Like strategy, innovation is a cool word. Put strategy and innovation in a single phrase and a strategy tourist starts drooling.”

Strategy Quote #15. “Don’t fool yourself: having a strategy map is not the same as having a strategy”

16.  “Don’t go for small commitments on big things, but aim for big commitments on small things”

17.  “Dear Executives, execution commitment is not for sale. You have to earn it” 

18.  In a crisis: “A previously approved strategy could very well be less realistic today, due to reduced execution capacity in your organization.”

19.  “Dear CEO, when you get tired of telling the strategy storyline, you have reached three percent of your target population”

20.  “Most of us know the marketing concept of good communication. To make a message stick in the head of a future consumer, you need to deliver the message seven times using seven different channels. Why do executives think that to make a strategy stick, a boring speech delivered once  will be enough?”

21. “In a 4×100-metre relay race, one runner starts before the other, but in the end it’s the sum of the four runners that determines performance”

22.“ There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all”  — Peter Drucker

23. “What’s the use of measuring speed if you don’t go in the right direction”

24.  “A Balanced Scorecard helps turn parrots – people who just repeat what they have heard – into ambassadors – people who understand the what and why and can reason decisions with others”

25. “If you have too many rear view mirrors , it will be very difficult to see the road ahead” 

Strategy Execution Quote #26.  “From Good to Great is nice, but knowing when great is good enough is even better.”

Strategy Execution Quote #27. “Strategy Execution isn’t something other people should worry about while you are doing something far more important” 

28. “Budgets are like oil tankers – they need time to change course. You don’t want to be left standing on the deck of your oil tanker, watching all the opportunities pass you by unable to stop and turn to chase after them.”

29. “Building a visionary company requires one percent vision and 99 percent alignment”  — Jim Collins and Jerry Porras, Built to Last

30. “After a business implements a strategy, competitors will react, and the firm’s strategy will need to adapt to meet the new challenges. There is no stopping point and no final battle. The competitive cycle continues on perpetually. Produce and compete or perish”   — Thomas Timings Holme

31. “Body language can’t save you when someone is reading your strategy document”

32. “When building a new strategy, don’t ever let people seduce you with the line, ‘But that’s always been budgeted for’.”

33. “The best time to make up your mind about people is never” — Katharine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story

34. “Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex. It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage – to move in the opposite direction” — Albert Einstein

35. “The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak” — Hans Hoffmann,  Introduction to the Bootstrap

36. “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication” — Leonardo Da Vinci

37. “Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work” — Peter Drucker

38. “Initiative prioritisation doesn’t mean distributing all available resources to all known projects” — Volker Voigt

39. “Strategy Execution is all about realizing the full potential of your strategy – and not limiting yourself to only 50, 60 or 70 percent” 

40. “I have never seen a successful project run by a bad project manager”

41. “An organisation’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage” — Jack Welch

42. “Developing people in a classroom is a cost. It becomes an investment when they start applying what they learnt on-the-job. It only becomes a success the moment it has a positive impact on (performance) what the job actually needs to achieve”

43. “In life, as in football, you won’t go far unless you know where the goalposts are”  — Arnold H. Glasgow

44. “The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don’t define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them”  — Denis Watley

45. “No goal commitment equals no performance, whatever else you try”

46. “We tend to think that, in a traditional organisation, people are producing results because management wants results, but the essence of a high-quality organisation is people producing results because they want the results. It’s puzzling we find that hard to understand, that if people are really enjoying, they’ll innovate, they’ll take risks, they’ll have trust with one another because they are really committed to what they’re doing and it’s fun”  — Peter Senge

47. “Real commitment means doing everything in your power to get things done.”

48. “Like a human being, a company has to have an internal communication mechanism, a ‘nervous system’, to coordinate its actions”   — Bill Gates, co-founder Microsoft

49. “The result of bad communication is a disconnection between strategy and execution”  — Chuck Martin, former Vice President IBM

50. “Look beyond the send button  and shift your focus to the receiving end”  

Strategy Execution Quote #51. “If companies would invest as much time in their strategy cascade as they do in their budgeting process, most would perform a lot better”

Strategy Execution Quote #52. “In many organisations, budget is king. It’s like the Amazon, the source of life. The strategy process is more like a small stream that meanders slowly through the organisation (and if you’re unlucky, the water doesn’t flow at all and starts to smell).” 

Strategy Execution Quote #53 . “A strategy, even a great one,   doesn’t implement itself”

Strategy Execution Quote #54.  “Just because someone said yes to you doesn’t mean something is going to happen. Most of the yeses we get are noes in disguise”

Strategy Execution Quote #55 . “Don’t measure your performance by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished within your capabilities”

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25 of the Best Planning Quotes

It seems that people have been writing about planning for as long as people have been writing. No surprise there. No enterprise, whether it’s assembling the space shuttle or getting dinner on the table, is done well without a project plan .

Every project manager, team leader or successful person for that matter, knows the importance of planning. However, having a plan is very important but it’s not the only thing to do. Sometimes it’s easy to get overly excited about a project, causing you to neglect best practices such as creating a thorough project management plan or using a project planning software .

That’s why we collected 25 of the best planning quotes, to inspire you to slow down and craft a thorough plan that will lead you to your goal, whether that be an iPhone app, an artistic masterpiece or Valentine’s Day dinner.

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Planning Quotes

1. “it does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near one.” – j.r.r. tolkien.

This planning quote from Tolkien’s fantasy classic The Hobbit does what all good quotes should do, speaks to the reader on many levels. This is, of course, a piece of dialogue that moves the plot forward. But Tolkien isn’t merely talking about made-up lands. He’s referring to the necessity of identifying risk in any thorough plan.

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2. “By Failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” – Benjamin Franklin

You can always count on our Founding Fathers for good copy, and none gives better than Benjamin Franklin. He collected them in his Old Farmer’s Almanac and a few probably made their way into some of our fundamental governing documents. Freeing a country from under the powerful arm of a great power is going to take some planning, which Franklin knew was the first step towards success.

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3. “Without leaps of imagination or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all is a form of planning.” – Gloria Steinem

Sometimes we forget that a plan is document that puts structure around an idea. But without that vision to set the plan in motion, there’s really no point in following through. Feminist icon Gloria Steinem understands that before there is a plan, there is a dream. That’s always the first step in any plan.

4. “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” – Abraham Lincoln

No president had to face as great a challenge as Abraham Lincoln. If he didn’t spend time planning and placing sensitive pieces, it’s likely that we’d be living in a very different country today. Never neglect the time and effort necessary for due diligence before action.

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5. “If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.” – Yogi Berra

Out of the mouth of baseball players often comes great wisdom. The term Yogi-isims was created to describe Berra’s malapropisms and unintentional witticism. But they’re not just for laughs. As simple as the above statement is, nothing is more true.

6. “The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.” – John F. Kennedy

President John Kennedy filled the United States with hope, and then we all know what happened. But when we still were filled with a sense of optimism about the future, Kennedy made it clear that whatever future we had in front of us was due to what we did behind it.

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7. “The more time you spend contemplating what you should have done…you lose valuable time planning what you can and will do.” – Lil Wayne

Hip-hop is omnivorous, so it was only a matter of time before a rapper like Lil Wayne spoke to the concerns of project managers. While it’s important to learn from your mistakes, you can get bogged down on the “blame game.” Figure out where you fell; then get back up, and try again.

8. “It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt hits on something important here with this quote about planning. She understands the human capacity to wish upon a star, to want something badly and hope that, by some trick of chance or fate, it will be given to you. But things rarely land on your lap, and if they do, they might not be what you want. Plan and you will receive.

9. “Have a bias towards action – let’s see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away.” – Indira Gandhi

The Indian politician and stateswoman would have made a great project manager. She sees that big projects are made up of small, actionable takes. Plans are broken down into phases called milestones, which are made up of tasks, and that way things get done.

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10. “Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans.” – Peter F. Drucker

Author and educator Peter Drucker is saying that there is no plan without buy-in from all parties involved. That means from the stakeholders to the team members. The project leader must motivate and get everyone committed, or else a plan is useless.

11. “Making a plan without the right tools is like making spaghetti without a pot.” – Me

Yeah, I just made that one up. Give it time, though. I’m sure it’ll be up there with Lincoln, Socrates and Martha Stewart as a top-tier, super quotable quote. Why? Because it’s true!

There’s meaning embedded in there: planning is really just an abstract act until you execute that plan. If you don’t have a pot, or project management tools, then your spaghetti, or project, isn’t going to get done.

Plans are complicated, like recipes. There are a lot of ingredients you need to keep track of and place in the right order. ProjectManager is a project management software that helps projects get organized. Its online Gantt chart pulls a task list into a schedule on a project timeline, complete with milestones and linked task dependencies, so everything works together as planned.

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12. “A man who does not plan long ahead will find trouble at his door.” – Confucius

Few have had a greater influence on more people than Chinese philosopher Confucius. It’s not hard to see why, with such sage sayings as this one. Planning is essential to the survival of everything, from a project to a person. We all must plan or suffer great risk.

13. “Always plan ahead. It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark.” – Richard Cushing

Richard Cushing, an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, shows that regardless of your beliefs, there is wisdom in religious text. You can find it in this planning quote, which is a perfect example of the necessity of being prepared.

14. “Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” – Warren Buffett

Who understands the need to prepare for the future better than an investor, and who is a better investor than Warren Buffett? Plan now and reap the benefits later. That’s true in financial markets or building a skyscraper. It takes time, but the hard work pays off.

15. “Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.” – Pablo Picasso

Even creative types like fabled master of modern art Pablo Picasso knew that inspiration is only a small part of any effort. The creative process is one of planning, failing and planning anew. But those plans are rooted in a belief that they will work. Without that faith, there is no plan that will clear the hurdles that block the progress of any project.

Related: What it Takes to Be a Great Creative Project Manager

16. “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

Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Tom Landry knows a thing or two about leading a team to success. While scoring points is, of course, how you do it, that’s not as easily said as done. A good coach uses a plan to exploit the talents of this team, and sticks to it – unless it must change . Landry didn’t say that, but I did.

17. “Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.” – Thomas Edison

Yes, sometimes the fates are smiling on you, and it’s as if everything just falls into place. But you can’t bank on luck. Inventor Thomas Edison saw that while opportunity is important, if you’re not prepared for it by having a plan to take advantage, then that opportunity will pass you by.

18. “Just because you made a good plan, doesn’t mean that’s what’s gonna happen.” Taylor Swift

Singer, songwriter and all-around cultural phenom Taylor Swift knows that a good plan is a good start. But if you want to finish what you started you might have to throw that plan out and make a new one. Things change, including your plan.

19. “Unless you have definite, precise, clearly set goals, you are not going to realize the maximum potential that lies within you.” – Zig Ziglar

Motivational speaker Zig Ziglar says that the sharper your focus, the closer you’ll come to hitting your target. Planning must be thorough, thinking through all the resources you’ll need , the budget and the time you must complete the project. The more planning you do, the better your results.

20. “Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.” – Alexander Graham Bell

Creating the telephone took planning. Alexander Graham Bell might have had his eye on the prize, but he understood the need to prepare for the process that would get him there.

21. “To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.” – Leonard Bernstein

It’s funny because it’s true. Composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein knows that plans are everything; we can work them up to be as thorough as possible, but time will always make a joke of our plans. Things happen; time doesn’t care.

22. “The reason that everybody likes planning is that nobody has to do anything.” – Jerry Brown

Jerry Brown has lead one of the largest states in the union and one of the largest economies in the world as governor of California. He’s probably seen a lot of wheel spinning that has never touch ground to lead to action. It’s a danger of planning that everyone should be aware of: plans are crucial, but without action they’re nothing.

23. “I ain’t Martin Luther King. I don’t need a dream. I have a plan.” – Spike Lee

Director Spike Lee is making a point. Of course, his work is driven by a passionate dream to create stories that he feels compelled to tell. But without having a plan, that’s all they would be, dreams.

24. “When my company started really growing, I didn’t have any help in my house at all. I had the upkeep of my daily life, I had a one year old and a three year old, and I had my house. So I had to prioritize.” – Julie Aigner Clark

The entrepreneur who founded Baby Einstein hits on a key element of any strong plan. That is prioritization. A plan should be exhaustive, listing everything, no matter how minute. But then comes the hard part of prioritizing those tasks to know what must be done, what should be done and what could be left undone.

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25. “I don’t believe in failure. It’s not failure if you enjoyed the process.” – Oprah Winfrey

Planning is the structuring of process. Failure is a part of every plan. That’s why there’s risk and risk management to prepare for the bumps on the road to success. As Oprah Winfrey notes, those failures are not failures; they’re part of the process.

26. “It is not the strongest of the species that survive, not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” – Charles Darwin

The theory of evolution has been used to explain a lot of things, but let’s let the scientist who came up with idea from his observations have the last word. Charles Darwin might not be speaking about planning per se, but he understands that without being flexible all plans will break.

Did these quotes inspire you to get to planning? Great! Now you’ll want to have some practical tools to get the job done more efficiently. ProjectManager is a cloud-based project management software that gives you the online Gantt charts to schedule those plans and collaborate with your team when they need adjusting. Also, our real-time dashboard helps you monitor and report on project progress without any unnecessary delays. Plan for success by taking this free 30-day trial today .

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100 Helpful Planning Quotes To Help You Achieve Your Goals

“a goal without a plan is just a wish.” – antoine de saint-exupery.

When it comes to achieving goals and success in life , planning is one of the most important factors.

As someone who has always been a planner, I believe that the process of planning is essential for anyone who wants to accomplish their goals and make their dreams a reality .

For me, planning involves setting specific goals and objectives, breaking them down into manageable tasks, and creating a timeline for when each task should be completed.

This process allows me to stay focused , organized, and motivated as I work towards achieving my goals.

One of the benefits of planning is that it helps me to identify potential obstacles and challenges that I may face along the way.

By anticipating these challenges, I can create contingency plans and strategies to overcome them, which ultimately helps me to stay on track and avoid getting derailed.

Another benefit of planning is that it allows me to prioritize my tasks and manage my time effectively.

By breaking down my goals into smaller tasks and assigning deadlines for each one, I can ensure that I am making progress towards my goals every day.

This helps me to avoid procrastination and ensures that I am always moving forward, even if progress is slow.

In addition to these benefits, planning also helps me to stay accountable and motivated . By setting clear goals and deadlines, I can hold myself accountable for my progress and ensure that I am taking action every day.

This helps me to maintain momentum and avoid getting discouraged or overwhelmed.

Of course, planning is not always easy. It requires discipline, focus, and a willingness to adapt as circumstances change.

However, the benefits of planning far outweigh the challenges, and I believe that anyone can become a successful planner with practice and persistence.

If you're new to planning, I recommend starting small. Choose one goal that you want to achieve and break it down into smaller tasks.

Assign deadlines for each task and track your progress daily . As you become more comfortable with the process, you can start setting more ambitious goals and creating more detailed plans.

Ultimately, planning is a powerful tool that can help you to achieve your goals and live the life that you want.

By taking the time to plan out your objectives, you can stay focused, organized, and motivated, even in the face of adversity.

So why not give it a try and see how planning can transform your life ? The quotes in this article will inspire you.

Inspiring Planning Quotes

1. “Sometimes, we need to stop analyzing the past and start planning the future.” Anonymous

2. “The sooner you start planning your life, the sooner you will live the life you dream of.” Hans Glint

3. “Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.” Thomas Edison

4. “When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.” Confucius

5. “Make time for planning: Wars are won in the general’s tent.” Stephen R. Covey

6. “Planning is everything.” Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

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8. “ Plan your work and work your plan.” Napoleon Hill

9. “Set your intentions for the week. People who plan achieve.” Anonymous

10. “All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.” Earl Nightingale

11. “The man who is prepared has his battle half fought.” Miguel De Cervantes

12. “Without goals and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination.” Fitzhugh Dodson

13. “Do you have a plan?” Anonymous

14. “An hour of planning can save you 10 hours of doing.” Dale Carnegie

15. “A goal without a plan is just a wish.” Anonymous

16. “You can spend your whole life planning. But once you’re ready, get out there and start doing.” Taylor Momsen

17. “ Wealth is more often the result of a lifestyle f hard work, perseverance, planning, and most of all self-discipline.” Thomas J. Stanley

18. “A plan is only as good as those who see it through.” Anonymous

19. “ Good luck is the result of good planning.” Anonymous

20. “A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power.” Brian Tracy

21. “Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.” Winston Churchill

22. “Always have a plan, and belive in it. Nothing happens by accident.” Chuck Knox

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23. “Good planning without good working is nothing.” Dwight D. Eisenhower

24. “Proper planning and preparation prevents poor performance.” Stephen Keague

25. “Strategic planning will help you uncover your available options, set priorities for them, and define the methods to achieve them.” Robert J. McKain

26. “Get up earlier and take some time to plan your day. Every extra minute you spend planning will add more time and power to your life .” Anonymous

27. “If you don’t have a plan, you become part of somebody else’s plan.” Terence McKenna

28. “Most people don’t plan to fail, they fail to plan.” John L. Beckley

29. “ Failing to plan is planning to fail.” Allen Lakein

30. “Planning for success will make you even more creative.” Danielle LaPorte

31. “Dreaming after all, is a form of planning.” Gloria Steinem

32. “The backbone of success is hard work, determination, good planning, and perseverance.” Mia Hamm

33. “If you don’t plan, how do you plan to succeed?” Anonymous

Funny And Cute Planning Quotes

34. "I don’t want to live. I want to love first , and live incidentally." - Zelda Fitzgerald

35. "It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get It." - W. Somerset Maugham

36. "We do not remember days, we remember moments." - Cesare Pavese

37. "May you live all the days of your life." - Jonathan Swift

38. "Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence." - G. Elliot

39. "It’s never too late to get your shit together." - Unknown

40. "To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance." - Oscar Wilde

41. "Where there is love there is life." - Indira Gandhi

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42. "The best way to predict the future is to create it." - Peter Drucker

43. "I was not made to be subtle." - Unknown

44. "Life must be lived as play." - Plato

45. "If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else." - Yogi Berra

46. "In the book of life, the answers aren’t in the back." - Charlie Brown

47. "Prove them wrong." - Unknown

48. "Exhale the bullsh*t." - Unknown

49. "Be a flamingo in a flock of pigeons." - Unknown

50. "You can do anything but you can’t do everything." - David Allen

51. "It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near one." - J.R.R. Tolkien

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52. "The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want." - Ben Stein

53. "One day the people that didn’t believe in you will tell everyone how they met you." - Johnny Depp

54. "Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." - Pablo Picasso

55. "Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on It." - Danny Kaye

56. "Wherever you go, go with all your heart." - Confucius

57. "There are 7 days of the week: someday isn’t one of them." - Benny Lewis

Quotes About Planning Things Efficiently

58. “An hour of planning can save you 10 hours of doing.” – Dale Carnegie

59. “A man who does not plan long ahead will find trouble at his door.” – Confucius

60. “The backbone of success is hard work, determination, good planning, and perseverance.” – Mia Hamm

61. “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” – Benjamin Franklin

62. “Always plan ahead. It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark.” – Richard Cushing

63. “ Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.” – Thomas Edison

64. “Never begin the day until it is finished on paper.” – Jim Rohn

65. “Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.” – Pablo Picasso

66. “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

67. “The trouble with many plans is that they are based on the way things are now. To be successful, your personal plan must focus on what you want, not what you have.” – Nido Qubein

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68. “For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.” – African Proverb

69. “Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago." – Warren Buffett

70. “A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.” – George Patton

71. “ A goal without a plan is just a wish.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

72. “A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power.” – Brian Tracy

73. “Proper planning and preparation prevents poor performance.” – Stephen Keague

74. “Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation.” – Robert H. Schuller

75. “If the plan doesn’t work change the plan, not the goal.” – Unknown

Classic Quotes For Planning

76. “Fail to plan, plan to fail.” ― Hillary Rodham Clinton

77. “A good plan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the best way to get there.” – H. Stanley Judd

78. “People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine.” – Brian Tracy

79. “ Your life will be no better than the plans you make and the action you take. You are the architect and builder of your own life, fortune, destiny.” – Alfred A. Montapert

80. “A man who does not plan long ahead will find trouble at his door.” Confucius

81. “A goal without a plan is just a wish.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

82. “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

83. “He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through a labyrinth of the most busy life.” – Victor Hugo

84. “It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

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85. “A plan is a list of actions arranged in whatever sequence is thought likely to achieve an objective.” – John Argenti

86. “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail!” ― Benjamin Franklin

87. “Plan for what it is difficult while it is easy, do what is great while it is small.” ― Sun Tzu

88. “Four steps to achievement: Plan purposefully. Prepare prayerfully. Proceed positively . Pursue persistently.” – William A. Ward

89. “Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.” – Gloria Steinem

90. “First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.” – Napoleon Hill

91. “Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.” ― Alan Dean Foster

92. “Happy is the person who knows what to remember of the past, what to enjoy in the present, and what to plan for in the future.” – Arnold H. Glasow

93. “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life ?” – Mary Oliver

94. “You must plan to be spontaneous.” – David Hockney

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95. “If you have accomplished all that you have planned for yourself, you have not planned enough.” – Edward Everett Hale

96. “Everybody’s got a plan until they get hit.” – Joe Lewis

97. “Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.” – Peter Drucker

98. “The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft agley.” ― Robert Burns

99. “Just because you make a good plan, doesn’t mean that’s what’s gonna happen.” – Taylor Swift

100. “Thinking well to be wise: planning well, wiser: doing well wisest and best of all.” – Malcolm Forbes

What Are Quotes And How Can They Help To Improve Our Lives?

Quotes are short, powerful statements that can inspire, motivate, and encourage us to be our best selves.

They are often the words of wisdom shared by successful people who have achieved greatness in their lives and are willing to share their insights with others.

For me, quotes are a source of inspiration and a reminder of the values and principles that I hold dear.

When I am feeling discouraged or overwhelmed, I turn to my favorite quotes for a dose of motivation and encouragement.

They remind me that success is possible and that I have the power to achieve my goals if I am willing to work hard and stay focused.

In addition to providing inspiration and motivation , quotes can also help us to improve our lives by challenging our thinking and beliefs.

They can help us to see the world from a different perspective and encourage us to adopt new habits and behaviors that align with our goals and values.

Overall, I believe that quotes are a powerful tool for personal growth and development. By incorporating them into our daily lives, we can gain insight and inspiration that can help us to achieve our goals and live our best lives.

What Are Planning Quotes And How Can They Help Us To Make Positive Change In Our Lives?

As someone who believes in the power of planning, I am always on the lookout for inspiring planning quotes that can help me to stay motivated and focused on my goals.

Planning quotes are short, pithy statements that capture the wisdom and insight of successful people who have achieved great things through careful planning and hard work.

These quotes can be a powerful tool for making positive changes in our lives. They can help us to shift our mindset from one of procrastination and self-doubt to one of action and confidence.

They can inspire us to set ambitious goals , break them down into manageable tasks, and create a plan for achieving them.

Planning quotes can also help us to stay motivated and focused on our goals when we face challenges or setbacks.

They remind us that success is not a destination but a journey that requires perseverance and hard work.

By reading these quotes regularly and internalizing their message, we can build the resilience and determination we need to overcome obstacles and achieve our dreams.

In conclusion, planning quotes are a powerful tool for personal growth and development.

By using them to inspire and motivate ourselves, we can make positive changes in our lives and achieve the success we desire.

Next Steps - How To Incorporate Planning Quotes Into Your Life

As someone who believes in the power of planning quotes, I have developed several strategies for incorporating them into my daily life.

Here are a few strategies that you can use to make planning quotes a regular part of your routine:

• Create a vision board: A vision board is a visual representation of your goals and aspirations. You can use planning quotes to add motivational text to your vision board and remind yourself of what you are working towards.
• Write them down: Writing down planning quotes is a great way to internalize their message and make them a part of your daily routine. You can write them on sticky notes and place them around your workspace or use a journal to record them.
• Share them with others: Sharing planning quotes with friends and family is a great way to spread positivity and motivate others. You can post them on social media or send them to friends who might need a little extra inspiration.
• Use them as affirmations: Affirmations are positive statements that you repeat to yourself to help you achieve your goals. You can use planning quotes as affirmations and repeat them to yourself throughout the day.
• Create a routine: Incorporating planning quotes into your daily routine is a great way to make them a habit. You can read them first thing in the morning or before bed, or set aside a specific time each day to reflect on their message.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are planning quotes.

Planning quotes are short, inspiring statements that can help you stay motivated and focused on your goals.

How can I use planning quotes?

You can use planning quotes in a variety of ways, such as writing them down, creating a vision board, or sharing them with friends and family.

Can planning quotes really make a difference?

Yes! Planning quotes can help you shift your mindset and stay focused on your goals, which can ultimately lead to greater success and fulfillment in life.

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75 Strategy Quotes To Help You Turn Plans Into Actions

• April 27, 2024
• Inspirational Quotes

Read the best collection of strategy quotes , sayings, and captions to inspire you to have a vision and plan of action to turn your dreams into reality.

Strategy generally involves setting goals and priorities, determining actions to achieve the goals, and mobilizing resources to execute the actions. A strategy describes how the ends (goals) will be achieved by the means (resources).

The strategy offers a greater sense of direction. It means setting your goals and a plan of action to achieve your dreams.

Some of the most famous strategy quotations by great leaders, philosophers, and strategists like SunTzu , Chanakya , Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and more give deep insight into the importance of strategic planning, implementation, and execution of ideas.

Strategizing is important in business, war, the workplace, and other aspects of life. When leaders formulate a strategy, it helps them understand their strengths and weaknesses.

Strategic planning is important to an organization because it provides a sense of direction and outlines measurable goals.

Also, check our posts on  action quotes and ideas quotes to inspire you to put these business challenges into perspective.

Top 10 Strategy Quotes 

• “A vision without a strategy remains an illusion.” ― Lee Bolman
• “The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.” ― Michael E. Porter
• “However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.” ― Winston Churchill
• “Strategy is not the consequence of planning, but the opposite: its starting point.” ― Henry Mintzberg
• “Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs; it’s about deliberately choosing to be different.” ― Michael Porter

• “In real life, strategy is actually very straightforward. You pick a general direction and implement like hell.” ― Jack Welch
• “Winning should be at the heart of every strategy.” ― A.G. Lafley & Roger L. Martin, Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works
• “Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.” ― Sun Tzu, Chinese Philosopher And Military Strategist
• “Strategy is about setting yourself apart from the competition. It’s not a matter of being better at what you do – it’s a matter of being different at what you do.” ― Michael Porter

Best Quotes About Strategy for Success

• “Failure is nothing more than a chance to revise your strategy.” ― Unknown
• “Without strategy, execution is aimless. Without execution, strategy is useless.” ― Morris Chang
• “I’m here to build something for the long-term. Anything else is a distraction.” ― Mark Zuckerberg
• “Strategy is a fancy word for coming up with a long-term plan and putting it into action.” ― Ellie Pidot
• “Manage the top line: your strategy, your people, and your products, and the bottom line will follow.” ― Steve Jobs
• “The correct strategy is based on identifying and acting upon your opponent’s strengths and weaknesses.” ― Unknown

• “The best CEOs I know are teachers, and at the core of what they teach is strategy.” ― Michael Porter
• “Strategy execution isn’t something other people should worry about while you are doing something far more important.” ― Jeroen de Flander
• “The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time.” ― Henry Ford
• “The biggest risk is not taking any risk… In a world that changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” ― Mark Zuckerberg
• “Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of the warrior. Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men.” ― Miyamoto Musashi
• “Success doesn’t necessarily come from breakthrough innovation, but from flawless execution. A great strategy alone won’t win a game or a battle; the win comes from basic blocking and tackling.” ― Naveen Jain
• “The real challenge in crafting strategy lies in detecting subtle discontinuities that may undermine a business in the future. And for that there is no technique, no program, just a sharp mind in touch with the situation.” ― Henry Mintzberg

Inspirational Strategy Quotes For Planning

• “Hope is not a strategy.” ― Vince Lombardi
• “In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.” ― Sun Tzu

• “There’s only one growth strategy: work hard.” ― William Hague
• “Sell the problem you solve, not the product you have.” ― Unknown
• “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” ― Benjamin Franklin

• “What you do has a far greater impact than what you say.” ― Stephen Covey
• “Strategy is the economy of forces.” ― Carl Philipp Gottfried von Clausewitz
• “The future is already here – it’s just not evenly distributed.” ― Willian Gibson
• “The best strategy relies upon an unlimited set of responses.” ― Morihei Ueshiba
• “Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.” ― Sun Tzu
• “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” ― Napoléon Bonaparte
• “Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy’s strategy.” ― Sun Tzu
• “The peak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.” ― Sun Tzu
• “Strategy is buying a bottle of fine wine when you take a lady out for dinner. Tactics is getting her to drink it.” ― Frank Muir
• “You cannot be everything to everyone. If you decide to go north, you cannot go south at the same time.” ― Jeroen De Flander
• “Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.” ― Norman Schwarzkopf
• “Strategy is the art of making use of time and space. I am less concerned about the later than the former. Space we can recover, lost time never.” ― Napoleon Bonaparte

Famous Strategy Quotes For Strategic Planning

• “Always start at the end before you begin.” ― Robert Kiyosaki
• “A goal without a plan is just a wish.” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

• “Strategy 101 is about choices: You can’t be all things to all people.” ― Michael Porter
• “Be real and adjust your strategy according to honest results.” ― Charles Caleb Colton
• “Fitting in is a short-term strategy, standing out pays off in the long run.” ― Seth Godin
• “You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.” ― Charles de Gaulle
• “Don’t give up. Obstacles can be overcome through strategy and learning.” ― Hidetaka Miyazaki
• “I believe that people make their own luck by great preparation and good strategy.” ― Jack Canfield
• “Creative without strategy is called ‘art.’ Creative with strategy is called ‘advertising.’” ― Jef I. Richards
• “Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” ― Warren Buffett
• “Globalization means that business strategy and business ethics cannot be separated from each other.” ― Ofra Strauss
• “Execution is the ability to mesh strategy with reality, align people with goals, and achieve the promised results.” ― Larry Bossidy
• “A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more.” ― Rosabeth Moss Kanter
• “Strategy is style of thinking, a conscious and deliberate process, an intensive implementation system, the science of insuring future success.” ― Pete Johnson

Strategy Planning Quotes For Business

• “The best marketing strategy ever: Care.” ― Gary Vaynerchuck
• “A satisfied customer is the best business strategy of all.” ― Michael LeBoeuf
• “The best content in the world won’t drive revenue if nobody sees it.” ― Unknown
• “A strategy is necessary because the future is unpredictable.” ― Robert Waterman
• “Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.” ― Richard Branson
• “Creating value for humanity should not be an afterthought but a core business strategy.” ― Unknown
• “Every new change forces all the companies in an industry to adapt their strategies to that change.” ― Bill Gates
• “Building a visionary company requires one percent vision and 99 percent alignment.” ― Jim Collins & Jerry Porras
• “A vision and strategy aren’t enough. The long-term key to success is execution. each day. Every day.” ― Richard M. Kovacevich
• “It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do: we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.” ― Steve Jobs
• “An organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.” ― Jack Welch
• “There is only one winning strategy. It is to carefully define the target market and direct a superior offering to that target market.” ― Philip Kotler
• “If you’re competitor-focused, you have to wait until there is a competitor doing something. Being customer-focused allows you to be more pioneering.” ― Jeff Bezos
• “Today, no leader can afford to be indifferent to the challenge of engaging employees in the work of creating the future. Engagement may have been optional in the past, but it’s pretty much the whole game today.” ― Gary Hamel
• “The reason why it is so difficult for existing firms to capitalize on disruptive innovations is that their processes and their business model that make them good at the existing business actually make them bad at competing for the disruption.” ― Clayton Christensen

Read on to find these encouraging words of wisdom about setting your goals and ambitions that will motivate you in building your business, leading your life, creating a successful career, achieving your goals, and overcoming your fears to do anything you set your mind to.

Let us know which of the above strategy sayings and quotes you resonate the most with. If you have a quote that is not on the above list, please share it in the comments section below.

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These are the 30 best strategy quotes

When it comes to strategy work, which requires not only a lot of creativity and flexibility, but also tons of persistence and persuasiveness, inspiring quotes may help to not lose sight of what really matters when struggling with stressful day-to-day work.

Here is a list of our favorite strategy quotes—old and new classics by renowned strategy experts, entrepreneurs, politicians, military strategists, writers, and athletes. Let yourself be inspired!

• "The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do." — Michael E. Porter, American  economist and founder of strategic management
• "In real life, strategy is actually very straightforward. You pick a general direction and implement like hell." — Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric
• "The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time." — Henry Ford
• "The future is already here – it's just not evenly distributed." — Willian Gibson, American science fiction author
• "However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results." — Sir Winston Churchill
• "Strategy is not the consequence of planning, but the opposite: its starting point." — Henry Mintzberg, management thinker and “enfant terrible” of strategic planning theory
• "The real challenge in crafting strategy lies in detecting subtle discontinuities that may undermine a business in the future. And for that there is no technique, no program, just a sharp mind in touch with the situation." — and again Henry Mintzberg
• "Winning should be at the heart of every strategy." — A.G. Lafley & Roger L. Martin in their book Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works.
• "Culture eats strategy for breakfast." — Peter Drucker, American economist and pioneer of modern management theory
• "Transient advantage is the new normal." — Rita Gunther McGrath, Professor at Columbia Business School, Rita Gunther McGrath, Professor at Columbia Business School, criticizing Michael Porter’s old postulate of long-term competitive advantage as no longer being valid or useful in today’s hyper-competitive business environment.
• "By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail." — Benjamin Franklin
• "If you don't know where you are going, you'll end up someplace else." — Yogi Berra, American baseball player
• "If you're competitor-focused, you have to wait until there is a competitor doing something. Being customer-focused allows you to be more pioneering." — Jeff Bezos, Founder & CEO of Amazon
• "Building a visionary company requires one percent vision and 99 percent alignment." — Jim Collins & Jerry Porras in their book Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
• "Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win." — Sun Tzu, Chinese philosopher and military strategist
• "Today, no leader can afford to be indifferent to the challenge of engaging employees in the work of creating the future. Engagement may have been optional in the past, but it's pretty much the whole game today." — Gary Hamel, American economist and business consultant. Together with C. K. Prahalad he is considered the founder of the core competency concept.
• “A goal without a plan is just a wish.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French writer and pilot
• "Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago." — Warren Buffett, American business magnate, investor and philanthropist
• "Strategy execution isn’t something other people should worry about while you are doing something far more important." — Jeroen de Flander, Dutch expert on strategy implementation
• "Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming." — Richard Branson, British business magnate, investor, and philanthropist
• "There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all." — Peter Drucker
• "Strategy is the economy of forces." — Carl Philipp Gottfried von Clausewitz, Prussian general, military theorist, and writer
• "The reason why it is so difficult for existing firms to capitalize on disruptive innovations is that their processes and their business model that make them good at the existing business actually make them bad at competing for the disruption." — Clayton Christensen, American economist best known for coining the term disruptive innovation.
• "An organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage." — Jack Welch
• "Strategy is buying a bottle of fine wine when you take a lady out for dinner. Tactics is getting her to drink it." — Frank Muir, British actor and comedy writer
• "A higher rate of urgency does not imply ever-present panic, anxiety, or fear. It means a state in which complacency is virtually absent." — John P. Kotter, world renowned expert on change management. Complacency is considered one of the biggest strategy traps established big corporations can fall into.
• "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." — Napoléon Bonaparte
• "Sticking with a plan when you are winning sounds simple, but it's easy to become overconfident and get caught up in events. Long-term success is impossible if you let your heat-of-the-moment reactions trump careful planning." — Garri Kimowitsch Kasparow, Russian chess player and politician
• "The biggest risk is not taking any risk... In a world that changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks." — Mark Zuckerberg, Founder & CEO of Facebook
• "A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more." — Rosabeth Moss Kanter, American sociologist and Professor at Harvard Business School

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Short Story: Strategic planning questions that allow people to challenge conventional norms are fun and lead to disruptive thinking, so employ questions to harvest ideas from the wild possibilities.

The other day, someone reached out looking for short, funny, strategic planning questions. We have tons of strategic planning questions, including a few we have singled out as more fun than others. We also have quite a bit on fun strategy planning, including one of our most popular new eBooks, 11 Fun Ideas for Strategic Planning .

The question got me thinking about specific strategic planning questions we use to liven up strategic thinking.

Thumbing a group’s collective nose (or perhaps raising a prominent finger) toward someone or something standing in the way of pursuing new, innovative strategies always adds fun to a strategy workshop. Here are three opportunities to challenge typical roadblocks to innovation and new strategic ideas:

1. Stick It To Authority Figures

What completely outrageous thing could we do that would be incredible, yet get us into big trouble with the boss?

This is the core creative thinking question for our Shrimp exercise . We have mentioned previously using it to revive a group’s energy. This creative thinking question also helps them move beyond ideas they would typically self-censor in almost any situation.

2. Give Conventional Expectations the Heave Ho

If we did exactly the opposite of anyone’s expectations, what would we do.

This strategic thinking question is on our extreme creativity list . It does a great job of giving people permission to change everything, even if it’s only hypothetical at first.

3. Get around Expectations Because of Who You Are

If characters from the big bang theory were solving this problem, what would they do.

This strategic planning question is an updated, hipper version of one of our favorite creative thinking questions: How would the castaways from Gilligan’s Island solve this issue? Both versions of Change Your Character exercises, they free a group’s perspective and energy to imagine how others would tackle daily issues around your organization.

Wait, There’s More!

These types of questions typically generate a higher percentage of ideas that, on the surface, seem completely ridiculous. That’s why you want to couple them with questions to help mine the ideas for possibilities that you CAN implement. These are a follow-up questions to consider using:

• What could we take from these ideas (and modify) to apply to our situation?
• How could we take this idea just as it is to challenge how we do things now?
• How can modify this idea as little as possible to be able to move on it quickly without losing how outrageous / special / disruptive it is?

Granted, we don’t use each of these funny strategic planning questions in every client workshop. When we do use them, they definitely boost the energy level dramatically. - Mike Brown

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45 Inspirational Strategy Quotes to Inspire You

Here is a list of our favorite strategy quotes—old and new classics.

Inspirational strategy quotes to inspire you

1. “When an aggressor force continually launches attacks from a particular base of operations, it is sound military strategy to take the flight to the enemy.” — Timothy McVeigh

2. “We are running out of time. We need a strategy to win in Iraq or an exit strategy to leave.” — Max Cleland

3. “Lot of companies are looking for advisory work on business strategy, restructuring work.” — Phaneesh Murthy quotes on strategy

4. “We adopted a focused strategy of core businesses in Citicorp that play to our unique historic strengths as a global bank that will provide strong growth and attractive returns over the long-term… And we’ve identified non-core assets we have shed.” — Michael Corbat

5. “Social issues have been used to distract Americans from their own self interests since Nixon’s southern strategy, and now people are paying the price.” — Deborah Kass

Awesome Strategy Quotes

6. “The apparent strategy of Pfizer is to take over AstraZeneca, dismember it, and put the different parts of it into its three new divisions, with the ultimate aim of selling off one or more.” — David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville

7. “The most successful cultural diplomacy strategy integrates people-to-people or arts/culture/media-to-people interactions into the basic business of diplomacy. The programs in Afghanistan, Egypt, and Iran all contribute to core goals of U.S. policy in those countries.” — Cynthia P. Schneider

8. “Announcers don’t do enough of the cat-and-mouse strategy and all the work that goes into it. You watch a broadcast and guys get the pitches wrong.” — Al Leiter quotes for strategy

9. “Free-to-play isn’t a business model. Free-to-play is a marketing strategy. It’s a way to get people over the hump of trying out your game. It gets rid of the friction that happens when you charge an upfront fee.” — Mitch Lasky

10. “We owe our troops more than rhetoric; we owe them a real plan. The Administration has yet to put forward a strategy for achieving stability in Iraq, ending the conflict, and handing over sovereignty to the people of Iraq and the new Iraqi government.” — Dennis Cardoza

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11. “Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.” — Anita Brookner

12. “Being tough on China is one thing. Being completely erratic with no strategy and dragging businesses and farmers through the mud, using them as pawns in the game, is not the way to beat China.” — Tim Ryan

13. “Culture used to be viewed as the ‘touchy-feely’ side of business, but that’s no longer the case. If you don’t have a defined culture behind you, then you aren’t going to be effective at executing your strategy.” — Peggy Johnson

14. “When you get to the tee on a really long par 5, I know what you’re feeling. You want to let the shaft out on the driver and try to bomb it down there. I get the same feeling. But a big tee shot is not always the best strategy, especially on a long hole.” — Ernie Els

15. “Phones remain a critical component of the Microsoft device portfolio and an important piece of our mobility strategy, but a restructuring is in order.” — B. Kevin Turner marketing strategy quotes

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16. “Enforcement is a very important part of the administration strategy. We think that even our friendly nations should live by the rules, and if they don’t, we will intend to enforce things against them.” — Wilbur Ross

17. “Admitting weakness seems to be such a severe psychic threat for Bush that when he makes a mistake it’s safer just to reinforce it. The strategy creates a perverse system of rewards and punishments.” — Tina Brown

18. “Children whose parents return to study do much better at school. Offenders who persist with studies are much less likely to reoffend. The national mental health strategy recognises the important role adult learning can play for people recovering from mental illness.” — David Blunkett

19. “What do the Left’s tactics have to do with me or my ability to counter them with smart policy, solid media strategy, innovative marketing, effective delivery, creative projects, and youth outreach? Nothing.” — Jedediah Bila

20. “In my world, historical revenue is the least interesting thing to consider in an acquisition strategy. The goal is to acquire technology that is on your product roadmap or people that fit culturally within your organization and help you execute on your roadmap faster.” — Brad Feld

Motivational quotes about strategy and life sayings

21. “We need a better strategy to achieve the national goal of a stable population, healthier and better educated.” — Rajiv Gandhi

22. “We shook up the industry with our landscape-changing deal to acquire Time Warner, the logical next step in our strategy to bring together world-class content with best-in-class distribution which will drive innovation and more choice for consumers.” — Randall L. Stephenson

23. “Our strategy is gaming for the masses.” — Reggie Fils-Aime content strategy quotes

24. “Being steadfast and immovable with our heels in tar on the Lord’s side of the line is the only strategy that works long-term against Lucifer.” — Sheri L. Dew

25. “So if you want a really effective criminal justice strategy, you don’t build bigger prisons, you invest money in young kids – and you accept that it’s going to take years to work through, but it’s a more effective strategy.” — Keir Starmer

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26. “I started to invest in very-early-stage companies where, even though I wasn’t the founder, I could help shape the early strategy and culture.” — Aneel Bhusri

27. “Arafat conducts terror; his strategy is the strategy of terror.” — Ariel Sharon

28. “My theory on an existing crisis is that you have to be very strategic about each case’s unique elements. If a crisis involves a legal component, you need a communication strategy that complements the company’s legal objective. A strategy for a plea deal is different than a case going to trial.” — Judy Smith

29. “Every few years, you have to change your strategy. You have to look at how the world is mutating, and mutate. Not in the same way but in parallel.” — Genesis P-Orridge

30. “’Cyber-security’ is one of those hot topics that has launched a thousand seminars and strategy papers without producing much in the way of policy.” — David Ignatius

Best quotes on strategy and inspirational sayings

31. “The UPA’s strategy of ‘inclusive growth’ remains the foundational pillar of economically, politically, and socially sustainable development.” — Sanjaya Baru

32. “Engagement and integrity are the two most fundamental aspects of building trust; lead from the front by evolving your company strategy, then live your values every day.” — Richard Edelman

33. “The Berlin Defence suited my strategy for the match. I had a defensive strategy – Actually, I had in my pocket some other sharper stuff to fall back on – but first I wanted to try the defensive strategy with Black and it worked so well.” — Vladimir Kramnik quotes on strategy and execution

34. “I agree with the President that second-guessing is not a strategy, but at the same time, I want to continue the dialogue that ultimately will lead to bringing all of our troops home.” — Howard Coble

35. “President Obama and our all-of-the-above energy strategy is the real deal. We are proud of the fact that we are importing less oil than at any time in modern history, and it has been because of the president’s vision and courage.” — Ken Salazar

Great Strategy Quotes

36. “No president can amend the past, and the public is tired of candidates who simply point fingers instead of offering their own solutions. They want a leader who will describe the threats as they are and rally the country behind a strategy to defeat them.” — Pete Hoekstra

37. “If we’re talking about transportation, the best thing a city can do is densify as quickly as it can. That needs to be said every time this issue comes up, because it’s the only universal strategy that works.” — Alex Steffen

38. “Adding to your list of enemies is never a sound strategy, yet ISIS’ ferocious campaign against the Shia, Kurds, Yazidis, Christians, and Muslims who don’t precisely share its views has united every ethnic and religious group in Syria and Iraq against them.” — Peter Bergen

39. “However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.” — Sir Winston Churchill

40. “If you’re competitor-focused, you have to wait until there is a competitor doing something. Being customer-focused allows you to be more pioneering.” — Jeff Bezos, Founder & CEO of Amazon

Inspirational Quotes On Strategy

41. “Strategy is the economy of forces.” — Carl Philipp Gottfried von Clausewitz, Prussian general, military theorist, and writer

42. “The reason why it is so difficult for existing firms to capitalize on disruptive innovations is that their processes and their business model that make them good at the existing business actually make them bad at competing for the disruption.” — Clayton Christensen, American economist best known for coining the term disruptive innovation.

43. “Building a visionary company requires one percent vision and 99 percent alignment.” — Jim Collins & Jerry Porras in their book Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies

44. “Strategy is not the consequence of planning, but the opposite: its starting point.” — Henry Mintzberg, management thinker and “enfant terrible” of strategic planning theory

45. “The real challenge in crafting strategy lies in detecting subtle discontinuities that may undermine a business in the future. And for that there is no technique, no program, just a sharp mind in touch with the situation.” — and again Henry Mintzberg

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Inspiring Quotes about Strategic Planning

by Funding For Good | Feb 27, 2023 | Strategic Planning

When your organization is getting started with a strategic planning process, “inspiring” might not be the first word that comes to mind. But in Funding for Good’s work with dozens of organizations, we’ve found that inspiration is exactly what the strategic planning process provides. So to help inspire you, we’ve gathered some of our favorite quotes about strategic planning.

First though, if you’re struggling to get your planning process started, our guides on to How to Write a Strategic Planning RFP and How to Select and Work with a Strategic Planning Consultant can save you time and energy.

Quotes about the Value of Visioning in Strategic Planning

At the core of strategic planning is carving out time to create a vision for the future. Instead of just looking one year out, organizations often look 3, 5, or sometimes even 10 years ahead. Organizations map where they want to be, what they want to accomplish, and how they’re going to achieve those goals.

As these quotes suggest, that long-range goal-setting process often unlocks insights and inspiration and can help re-energize your team.

“Strategic planning is worthless – unless there is first a strategic vision.” John Naisbitt

“If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.” Yogi Berra

“A goal should scare you a little and excite you A LOT.” Joe Vitale

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.” Ken Blanchard

Quotes about the Strategic Planning Process

Here at Funding for Good, we think a lot about the strategic planning process. And we’re always working to ensure our approach meets each client’s unique needs. In our client work, our own favorite saying is:

“Strategic planning is a process, not a product.” Funding for Good

Leaders often find this approach helpful. It upends the idea that the goal of a strategic planning process is a single written document. Yes, a written plan is a key outcome. But just as important is aligning your stakeholders around a shared vision. The Harvard Business School and President Dwight D. Eisenhower both agree:

“Most people think of strategy as an event, but that’s not the way the world works.” Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen

“Plans are worthless, but planning is everything.” President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Quotes that Reveal Unexpected Benefits of Strategic Planning

If you’re a leader who is perpetually running from one crisis to the next, these quotes illustrate how strategic planning can save you time in the long run.

“The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.” Michael Porter

“An hour of planning can save you 10 hours of doing.” Dale Carnegie

The prioritization that strategic planning entails also comes in handy when you’re working to accomplish ambitious goals. Especially since none of us have enough time to do everything.

“To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.” Leonard Bernstein

Quotes about the Power of Fresh Perspectives

Another valuable part of the strategic planning process is how it creates a structured opportunity to bring in a range of perspectives. As a leader, you might hear voices and ideas you haven’t previously had the time or opportunity to consider. In our experience, this leads to a stronger plan and a greater chance of successful implementation. The experts agree.

“If you’re crafting a strategic plan for your organization and know which strategy you prefer, enlist others with differing views and opinions to help look for information that either proves or disproves the idea.” Harvard Business School

“If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.” George S. Patton

Finally, it can be helpful to remember that you don’t have to accomplish all your strategic goals tomorrow. Indeed, as Vincent van Gogh reminds us:

“Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.” Vincent van Gogh

We hope you’re as inspired as we are to get working on strategic planning!

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