“Good planning always costs less than good reacting.”
— Wayne Schmidt
“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.”
— Sun Tzu
“It is more important to know where you are going than to get there quickly. Do not mistake activity for achievement.”
— Mabel Newcomber
“There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing.”
— Brian Tracy
“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
“Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.”
— Jack Welch
“Maturity is the ability to stick with a job until it’s finished; the ability to do a job without being supervised; the ability to carry money without spending it; and the ability to bear an injustice without wanting to get even.”
— Abigail Van Buren AKA “Dear Abby”
“To see far is one thing; going there is another.”
— Constantin Brancusi
“The great majority of men are bundles of beginnings.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
“There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks.”
— David Lloyd George
“To finish first, you must first finish.”
— Rick Mears
“People who stall in their personal growth work often have counterproductive soft addictions that stand in their way of growth and having the life they say they want. It can be a simple thing, such as watching TV instead of finishing a project.”
— Judith Wright
“It’s not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.”
— John Wooden
“I would rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my powers and dominion.”
— Alexander the Great
“Paint a masterpiece daily. Always autograph your work with excellence.”
— Greg Hickman
“The secret of joy in work is contained in one word – excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.”
— Pearl Buck
“The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.”
— Vince Lombardi