“Without leaps of imagination or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all is a form of planning.” – Gloria Steinem

“If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.” – Yogi Berra

The term Yogi-isms was created to describe Berra’s malapropisms and unintentional witticism. But they’re not just for laughs. As simple as the above statement is, nothing is more true.

“Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” – Warren Buffett

“I ain’t Martin Luther King. I don’t need a dream. I have a plan.” – Spike Lee

A German figure of speech: “Erst wiegs, dann wags.” Translation: First weigh, then wager.

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

Franklin collected many aphorisms in his Old Farmer’s Almanac. Freeing a country from under the powerful arm of a great power is going to take some planning, which Franklin knew was the first step towards success.

“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” – Charles Darwin