Daniel Burnham Quotes

Daniel Burnham - a grand, ambitious take on planning and legacy, great for readers who enjoy bold visions.

11 quotes

1. Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die, but long after we are gone be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistence. Remember that our sons and our grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us. Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty.

2. It was Chicago with its World's Fair which vivified the national desire for civic beauty.

3. Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized.

4. Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir one's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work; remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistency.

5. Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us.

6. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die.

7. The only way to handle big business is to delegate, delegate, delegate.

8. A noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die.

9. Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty.

10. Scuttle no small plans. They have no magic to stir single issue individuals into a group of people against everything.

11. “Make no small plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood.”