No battle plan ever survives contact with the enemy.

No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.

— Colin Powell

“No plan survives first contact with the enemy.”

— Andy Weir

No plan survives contact with the enemy

— Erwin Rommel

No plan ever survives its first encounter with the enemy.

— Douglas MacArthur

No Plan Survives First Contact With Customers

— Steve Blank

“You need a battle plan,” Matt advised. “I never left the base without detailed reconnaissance and a battle plan. It’s why I came home…

— Diana Palmer

“No battle plan can anticipate all contingencies. There are always unexpected factors including those stemming from the opponent's initiative. A battle must thus becomes…

— Timothy Zahn

A good battle plan that you act on today can be better than a perfect one tomorrow.

— Anonymous

You know, making a movie's like fighting a war - you've got to roll with the punches. You've got to make your battle plan…

— Rob Minkoff

Even before you step up to the ball, have a full battle plan for the hole worked out.

— Arnold Palmer

No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy. Not when the enemy is me.

— Lois McMaster Bujold

The first casualty of any battle is the plan of attack.

— Cory Doctorow

Love is a battle, and I plan to go on fighting. To the end.

— Milan Kundera

They say in the military that a good battle plan can last as long as five minutes in real fighting. After that, it comes…

— Paolo Bacigalupi

“My whole life has been a battle lost on the map. Cowardice didn't even make it to the battlefield, where perhaps it would have…

— Fernando Pessoa