"It is one thing to see the..." - Quote by Winston Churchill

It is one thing to see the forward path and another to be able to take it. But it is better to have an ambitious plan than none at all.
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“Out of intense complexities intense simplicities emerge. Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words when short are best of all.”
— Winston Churchill
“Nature will not be admired by proxy.”
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“One cannot leap a chasm in two jumps.”
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More on Ambition

“Small aim is a crime.”
— APJ Abdul Kalam
“Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.”
— Oscar Wilde
“We hire people who want to make the best things in the world.”
— Steve Jobs

More on Planning

“In the book [Today Matters] I talk about successful people make important decisions early in their life, and then they manage those decisions the rest of their life.”
— John C. Maxwell
“People often overestimate what will happen in the next two years and underestimate what will happen in ten.”
— Bill Gates
“In the space of two days I had evolved two plans, wholly distinct, both of which were equally feasible. The point I am trying to bring out is that one does not plan and then try to make circumstances fit those plans. One tries to make plans fit the circumstances.”
— George S. Patton