Failure is nature's plan to prepare you for great responsibilities. Votes: 1
We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes. Votes: 1
The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail. Votes: 1
Start-ups make so many mistakes that the challenge to identify the root cause of a failure is tough. But believing in your own plan is probably the worst. Votes: 1
The failure to work out sensible budgets makes it impossible for government agencies to make long-term plans, and instead leaves them scrambling to spend money in the short term. Votes: 1
Our nation's Social Security Trust Fund is depleting at an alarming rate, and failure to implement immediate reforms endangers the ability of Americans to plan for their retirement with the options and certainty they deserve. Votes: 1
Pharmaceutical companies are enjoying unprecedented profits and access with this Administration. Yet the Republicans' prescription drug plan for seniors has been a colossal failure, and over 43 million Americans wake up every morning without health insurance. Votes: 1
Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level, the greater the failure. A centrally planned totalitarian state represents a complete defeat for the civilized world, while a totally voluntary society represents its ultimate success. Votes: 1
The story of Detroit's bankruptcy was simple enough: Allow capitalism to grow the city, campaign against income inequality, tax the job creators until they flee, increase government spending in order to boost employment, promise generous pension plans to keep people voting for failure. Rinse, wash and repeat. Votes: 1
It is important for investors to understand what they do and don't know. Learn to recognize that you cannot possibly know what is going to happen in the future, and any investment plan that is dependent on accurately forecasting where markets will be next year is doomed to failure. Votes: 1
Failure is the most effective technique to optimize strategic planning, implementation and processes. Votes: 0
The marvelous thing about lack of planning is that failure comes as a complete and utter surprise. Votes: 0
Planning is as natural to the process of success as its absence is to the process of failure. Votes: 0
Action without planning is the cause of all failure. Action with planning is the cause of all success. Votes: 0
(The psuedoscience of planning seems almost neurotic in its determination to imitate empiric failure and ignore empiric success.) Votes: 0
A plan is only a scenario, and almost by definition, it is optimistic... As a result, scenario planning can lead to a serious underestimate of the risk of failure. Votes: 0
Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street. Votes: 6 Zig Ziglar
Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning. Votes: 3 Gloria Steinem