aphorisms

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.

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

“Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.” – Thomas Edison

“To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.” – Leonard Bernstein

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

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

“It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

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

“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” – Abraham Lincoln

No president had to face as great a challenge as Abraham Lincoln. Never neglect the time and effort necessary for due diligence before action.