No plan survives contact with reality. (Inspired by “No plan survives the first enemy contact”)
Helmuth von Moltke
If it weren't for the last minute nothing would get done.
Mark Twain
If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenged himself.
Ferdinand Porsche
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
Henry Ford
The best thing a manager can do is to hire the right people.
Lee Iacocca
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.
Michael Jeffrey Jordan
If an engineer has not had some failures, it is merely evidence that his practice has not been sufficiently extensive.
Benjamin Baker
Planning without execution is mostly useless - execution without planning is mostly fatal.
Willy Meurer
The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
Theodore Roosevelt
The slowest person, who dosen’t lose sight of his goal, will still be faster as the one straying around with no aim.
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing