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Quotes About Readiness

There is no such thing as luck. It's a fancy name for being always at our duty, and so sure to be ready when good time comes.
~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
If the time is not ripe, we have to ripen the time.
~ Dorothy Height
Be ready when opportunity comes...Luck is the time when preparation and opportunity meet.
~ Roy D. Chapin, Jr.
Talent alone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the right time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are your ready?'
~ Johnny Carson
It's time to stop your grinnin' and drop your linen!
~ Shawn Michaels
Early is on time and on time is late.
~ Bo Schembechler
You always gotta be on time, an hour ahead of everything. You always gotta be prepared.
~ Beanie Sigel
I'm waiting for the time when I fail - because we all fail - and I'm ready, I'll take up carpentry.
~ Ade Edmondson
It's not enough to be in the right place at the right time. You have to be the right person in the right place at the right time.
~ T. Harv Eker
Live as if you thought that Christ might come at any time.
~ J. C. Ryle
I've realised over the years I play my best when I have time to prepare for each tournament as best as possible.
~ Andy Murray
Some say opportunity knocks only once, that is not true. Opportunity knocks all the time, but you have to be ready for it. If the chance comes, you must have the equipment to take advantage of it.
~ Louis L'Amour
We can't cross that bridge until we come to it, but I always like to lay down a pontoon ahead of time.
~ Bernard Baruch
For aging is an art. The years between its first intimations and the time of the ultimate letting go of all earthly things can-if the readiness and resolve are there-be the real harvest of our lives.
~ Sherwin B. Nuland
As professional cricketers, we have to ensure that we are battle-ready all the time.
~ Suresh Raina
Be patient. You'll know when it's time for you to wake up and move ahead.
~ Ram Dass
Sometimes things have to come when you're ready for them.
~ Anna Quindlen
I think I am ready for that. I think I am ready to be met.
~ Anne Enright
We defy augury. There is 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, of aught he leaves, knows what is't to leave betimes, let be. (Hamlet 5.2.217-224)
~ Shakespeare, William
You ready to train tonight? Kyrian Sure I can always use another butt-whipping. Stone didn't stuff me in a locker today or slam my head into a fountain. I was beginning to feel neglected. Nick
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
Smiling, sincere, incorruptible - His body disciplined and limber. A man who had become what he could, And was what he was- Ready at any moment to gather everything Into one simple sacrifice.
~ Dag Hammarskjold
Take your hands out of your pocket, because life may push you hardly at any time!
~ Mehmet Murat Ildan
Life favors those who are prepared
~ Troy Vincent
Actors have to stay ready and be ready. They need to adjust things in their life, whether it be hair, teeth, take the time to do that.
~ Vanessa Bell Calloway