Quotes About Readiness

I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,Straining upon the start. The game's afoot:Follow your spirit; and, upon this chargeCry "God for Harry! England and Saint George!"

Armed at points exactly, cap-a-pe.

Before thy hour be ripe.

Not a whit, we defy augury: there's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come: the readiness is all: since no man has aught of what he leaves, what is't to leave betimes?

Oh, Life, I am yours. Whatever it is you want of me, I am ready to give.

If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if fifteen minutes, three days; if half an hour, two days; if an hour, I am ready now.

My motto is "Be Prepared." I am told this is also the motto of the Boy Scouts, but, if so, this only proves that they were acting according to my motto earlier than I.

The tendency of an event to occur varies inversely with one's preparation for it.

But you know, I don't think I would be so scared to die. I think it's like today—the end of a vacation, when you are ready to go home.

There should be no surprise when you come to that hideous moment for which you've spent a lifetime preparing.

Amy said, "So, you're making a flamethrower?" "Amy, we gotta be prepared. We don't know what we'll find in that place, but for all we know it could be the Devil himself." "David, what possible good is that thing gonna do?" "Oh, no, you didn't hear me. I said it's a flamethrower ." Girls.

A masterpiece does not unfurl its wings immediately. It takes time. It will fly when it is ready.

Second chances are not that important. What's important, is being ready when the first chance is given.

Prepare yourself well, so you don't have to regret anything .

Even if you walk through a beautiful garden, you will not be able to find the beauty if your heart is not ready to bloom.

It's not that some people have willpower and some don't... It's that some people are ready to change and others are not.

Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.

Caroline Gerardo, Toxic Assets

Opportunity will not only knock on the door when you are ready, it will stand just next to the door to open it.

Expect nothing but be ready for everything.

teach your brain now .. don't wait until life teach you !

Nu mai tr?im un prezent placid, ci suntem prinÈ™i cu toÈ›ii în efortul de a ne preg?ti permanent pentru viitor.

Some people say you have to work with everything, but there's a time and a place. If it feels like a knot, wait. It will come up again when you and the universe are ready.

You can either plan to be eternally vigilant and ready, eschewing life as we know it, or be willing to enjoy life and pay the price.