In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
You can make plans but if the opposition plays well, then all your plans become worthless.
Plans are nothing; planning is everything.
The reason that everybody likes planning is that nobody has to do anything.
I find it tricky to make plans.
I've been taught in my life that you can have plans, but you can't count on them.
I always say don't make plans, make options.
I don't really do without any plans. If somebody is trying to do something, you must have plans.
The game is a game, and things happen, and you can't always execute your plan as perfectly as you'd like to.
I'm a great believer in spontaneity because I think planning is the most destructive thing in the world.
Planning is really the hallmark of any large military formation, and it's typically a weakness in new formations and new armies.