The short- term plan, then, is an operative plan defining goals in writing and clearly indicating how these goals are read more

The short- term plan, then, is an operative plan defining goals in writing and clearly indicating how these goals are to be carried out...

Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life read more

Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of action without thought.

My goal in sailing isn't to be brilliant or flashy in individual races, just to be consistent over the long read more

My goal in sailing isn't to be brilliant or flashy in individual races, just to be consistent over the long run.

If we can't figure something out in three weeks, we probably shouldn't bother.

If we can't figure something out in three weeks, we probably shouldn't bother.

It's not the plan that is important, it's the planning.

It's not the plan that is important, it's the planning.

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by
little statesmen and philosophers and divines.

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by
little statesmen and philosophers and divines.

Look to make your course regular, that men may know beforehand what they may expect.

Look to make your course regular, that men may know beforehand what they may expect.

With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. . . .
Speak what you think to-day in read more

With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. . . .
Speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon balls, and
to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though
it contradict everything you said to-day.