Jim Yong Kim Quotes

Failing to plan is planning to fail.

Any plan is better than no plan.

As a mayor, my instinct is to really think about how to get something done and not to make the promise unless you have some view of the pathway. You don't have to have it all figured out, but you have to have a pathway there.

It is one thing to see the forward path and another to be able to take it. But it is better to have an ambitious plan than none at all.

Hope is not strategy. Hope fits with vision, but we must have a strategy and a process to make our vision become a reality.

I learned how to order my thoughts, and most important, learned how to develop a plan. I discovered the power of a plan. If you can plan it out, and it seems logical to you, you can do it. And that was the secret to success.

Know your goal, make a plan and pull the trigger

Because if you're prepared and you know what it takes, it's not a risk. You just have to figure out how to get there. There is always a way to get there.

Stop setting goals. Goals are pure fantasy unless you have a specific plan to achieve them.

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

We must use time creatively.

I work strategically with my management team to make all decisions.

Vision without execution is hallucination.

One man of tolerable Abilities may work great Changes, and accomplish great Affairs among Mankind, if he first forms a good plan, and … makes the execution of that same plan his sole Study and Business.

There are dreamers and there are planners; the planners make their dreams come true.

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

Leaders make things happen. Leaders will take a situation and try and figure out what is it that we're trying to do, what is the problem, what kind of priorities and resources do we need, what kind of people do I need to bring to bear on this problem, what kind of plans do we need to succeed.

Everything in strategy is very simple, but that does not mean everything is very easy.

A goal without a plan is a wish. What's your plan? It's on you, because you have to do all the work.

Plans get you into things, but you got to work your way out.

You've got to keep things simple. Just identify what you need to do to launch, figure out what resources you need, and surround yourself with people who are much smarter than you!

Always have a plan and believe in it. I tell my coaches not to compromise. Nothing good happens by accident. There must be a plan for everything and the plan will prevent you from overlooking little things. By having that plan, you'll be secure and self-doubts will never become a factor.

I've always had goals, always had visions, always had a plan, always been very strategic.

Good ideas need good strategy to realize their potential.

When any great design thou dost intend, Think on the means, the manner, and the end.