#planning

The beginning [of a journey] is a terrible time to plan. It's the moment of greatest ignorance. In self-directed education, a lot of the value comes from exploiting opportunities that arise well out to sea, once I've seen some things and begun the learning process. ↗

— James Marcus Bach

#learning #opportunity #planning #education

Don't die a pauper, don't die a commoner and a weakling. ↗

— Jaachynma N.E. Agu

#be-different #book #books-reading #books-reading-bibliophily #bookstore

As you give to fund God's needs, are you forced to trust Him to provide for yours? That's what a growing faith is about. And over the long haul, it's not enough just to commit to a percentage. Growth means reviewing your giving goals and occasionally increasing the percentage you give. ↗

— Andy Stanley

#financial-planning #giving #goals #stewardship #faith

I'm never going to complain about receiving free early copies of books, because clearly there's nothing to complain about, but it does introduce a rogue element into one's otherwise carefully plotted reading schedule. ... Being a reader is sort of like being president, except reading involves fewer state dinners, usually. You have this agenda you want to get through, but you get distracted by life events, e.g., books arriving in the mail/World War III, and you are temporarly deflected from your chosen path. ↗

— Nick Hornby

#freebies #planning #president #reading #reading-lists

I need to stop getting into situations where all my options are potentially bad. ↗

— Jack Campbell

#motivation #planning #motivational

Why do I need succession planning? I'm very alert, I'm very vibrant. I have no intention to retire. ↗

— Sheldon Adelson

#i #intention #need #planning #retire

I am planning to return and contest the October elections in Pakistan. ↗

— Benazir Bhutto

#contest #elections #i #i am #october

Our community is like many around the country that have, as the gentleman from New York referenced, sophisticated planning and zoning regulations. These are elements that are developed as a result of local community pressure to balance interests. ↗

— Earl Blumenauer

#balance #community #country #developed #elements

Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It's too controversial. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#brought #cereal #controversial #family #family planning

If you're planning only to make money and nothing else, you'll be broke. ↗

— Haile Gebrselassie

#else #make #money #nothing #only