John Updike Quotes

Those who plan do better than those who do not plan, even should they rarely stick to their plan.

If you don't know where you're going, you will probably end up somewhere else.

Neither man nor nation can prosper unless, in dealing with the present, thought is steadily taken for the future.

I like to plan. I like to see the future.

hindsight is not a strategy.

The world of tomorrow belongs to the person who has the vision for today.

The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.

Always have a plan, and believe in it. Nothing happens by accident.

I don't really do without any plans. If somebody is trying to do something, you must have plans.

If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it.

It is far better to foresee even without certainty than not to foresee at all.

Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now.

Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight.

It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do your best.

Foreknowledge is power.

I've always had a plan. Even since, maybe, 12 years old. Really.

When you seek to do something, if you don't know the whole game plan, you're usually going to work against yourself.

As a player I think you naturally think long term and think what is the schedule in the next year or so.

Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

A fool with a plan can outsmart a genius with no plan.

If you do not design the future, someone or something else will design it for you.

The thing I think about is that once you've done it, you then start to think about what you're going to do next. It's much easier to follow something that's not been as successful as this.

He, who is not prepared today, will be less so tomorrow.

Preparation for tomorrow is hard work today.

Always, Always have a plan