Preemptive Planning Quotes

The time to prepare isn't after you have been given the opportunity. It's long before that opportunity arises. Once the opportunity arrives, it's too late to prepare.

My father will anticipate everything. He will leave you and me no chance to do a great and brilliant deed.

Victory must be assured in advance. And the American public must be all for it from the outset.

He that fears danger in time seldom feels it.

Organizations talk about spending their lives firefighting - dealing with the next problem without having the bandwidth to deal with what is down the pipeline. I think most of the poor have that problem.

Good planning avoids the need for fixing up a project that plowed ahead without thought... about potential pitfalls.