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Quotes About Readiness

si vis pacem para bellum.
~ Lee Child
Sanderson walked to her starting position, and Reacher went with her. He wanted to know she was still chewing. Or if not, whether that was a good thing or bad. She was still chewing. Doing OK. He hoped she wasn't peaking too early. She had the Ruger Standard. The .22. Two rounds in it. It was all she would take. Bramall had the Colt .45. Three rounds in it. Mackenzie had the empty Springfield. Better than nothing. Like the man said, ninety percent of everything was striking a pose.
~ Lee Child
Clicked the cocking handle to the fire position and closed her hand around the grip.
~ Lee Child
I don't think you should die until you're ready. Until you've wrung out every last bit of living you can.
~ Libba Bray
Music opens your soul, makes you ready.' - 'Ready for what?' - He smiles big. 'Exactly.
~ Libba Bray
He shouldered his backpack and slid his gun in his waistband.
~ Libby Fischer Hellmann
anger is described as "completely natural, perfectly legitimate. It is that internal happening which prepares us to cope with hurtful, frustrating, and fearful experiences." And "anger is simply a state of physical readiness." He goes on to explain, "When we are angry, we are prepared to act.
~ Lisa Bevere
Delay is ever fatal to those who are prepared.
~ Lucan
Good luck is opportunity meeting preparedness.
~ Deepak Chopra
Heaven will ask things of you at some point, perhaps small things at first. You must be ready.
~ Marshall Vian Summers
When you are always ready for the worst, then the worst is likely to show up
~ Gary Hopkins
If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
~ Tom Landry
The humility to prepare and the self-confidence to bring it off.
~ Laurence Olivier
To give yourself the best possible chance of playing to your potential, you must prepare for every eventuality. That means practice.
~ Seve Ballesteros
Being ready isn't enough; you have to be prepared for a promotion or any other significant change.
~ Pat Riley
The most prepared are the most dedicated.
~ Raymond Berry
If you are confident you have done everything possible to prepare yourself, then there is nothing to fear.
~ Michael Jordan
When you're prepared, you're more confident. When you have a strategy, you're more comfortable.
~ Fred Couples
If you're fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail.
~ Mark Spitz
Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.
~ John Wooden
Boxing is an all year round sport. You never know when they're going to call you, so you got to stay ready.
~ Adrien Broner
Get in front of the ball, you won't get hurt. That's what you've got a chest for, young man.
~ John McGraw
That, of course, is always a good time to think—when you know that you are going to have to do something, but you know that you do not have to do it just yet.
~ Alexander McCall Smith
By going over your day in imagination before you begin it, you can begin acting successfully at any moment.
~ Dorthea Brande