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Future Planning Quotes

“Because we’re disconnected from our Future Selves, we opt for near immediate goals or dopamine hits. This short-term seeking ends up costing our Future Selves big. [Example of this, from comedian Jerry Seinfeld] Late at night, I think, “Well, it’s night, I’m having a good time, I don’t want to go to sleep. I’m Night Guy. Getting up after five hours’ sleep? That’s Morning Guy’s problem. Let him worry about that. I’m Night Guy, I’ve got to party.” Then you get up after five hours of sleep, you’re cranky, you’re exhausted. Night Guy always screws Morning Guy.”

“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”

“If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.”

“If you don't know where you are currently standing, you're dead.”

“Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.”

“We spend our whole lives worrying about the future, planning for the future, trying to predict the future, as if figuring it out will cushion the blow. But the future is always changing. The future is the home of our deepest fears and wildest hopes. But one thing is certain when it finally reveals itself. The future is never the way we imagined it.”

“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”

“A goal without a plan is just a wish.”

“If you don t know where you are, a map won't help.”

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”

“Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.”

“The best way to predict the future is to study the past, or prognosticate.”

“It's hard to get lost if you don't know where you're going.”

“In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.”

“If you don't know where you're going any road will do”