Planning is the process of thinking about and organizing the activities required to achieve a desired goal…… planning is a fundamental property of intelligent behavior.
Wikipedia

To accomplish great things we must first dream, then visualize, then plan... believe... act!
Alfred A. Montapert

A goal without a plan is just a wish.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Benjamin Franklin

(In preparing for battle I have always found that) plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.
Sir Winston Churchill

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