Quotes About Preparation

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

People go through life blindly, ignoring death like revellers at a party feasting on fine foods. They ignore that later they will have to go to the toilet, so they do not bother to find out where there is one. When nature finally calls, they have no idea where to go and are in a mess.

Two thousand scientists in a hundred countries, engaged in the most elaborate, well-organized scientific collaboration in the history of humankind, have long since produced a consensus that we will face a string of terrible catastrophes unless we act to prepare ourselves and deal with the underlying causes of global warming.

After 40 (old age for most of man's history), one should strive to be more or less packed and ready to go were the end call to come.

A single idea recurs throughout his work: that we best endure those frustrations which we have prepared ourselves for and understand and are hurt most by those we least expected and cannot fathom. Philosophy must reconcile us to the true dimensions of reality, and so spare us, if not frustration itself, then at least its panoply of pernicious accompanying emotions.

I always keep this handy...for close encounters. (Cpl. Hicks)

After I took two pees- 'cause the news of this mandatory dress rehearsal was way too big of a nuclear bomb to just take one- we made plans to meet by the Fountain before the dress rehearsal began to get our act together.

It is the oldest ironies that are still the most satisfying: man, when preparing for bloody war, will orate loudly and most eloquently in the name of peace.

Only a heathen brings a gun to a sword fight." "Only a moron brings a sword to a gunfight.

Plan for success; prepare for failure. And the universe doesn't care either way.

whether it concerns the things which are in our control, or those which are not; and, if it concerns anything not in our control, be prepared to say that it is nothing to you.

This is the makeup process. Ive been here since half past five this morning. So would you say youre bringing out a beauty thats already there? How does it work? How do we hide the bald patch?

I waited for him to come out. He didn't. I considered going in after him, but knew the fact that I had readied myself to kill him did not mean that he had readied himself to die.

Life is not all about rainbows, not all about butterflies and happiness, so you should know how to shower when the rain comes.

I'm waiting now, but I will be ready. We are mutual participants, you and I, intertwined.

If you dig a grave for your neighbour, first measure it for yourself.

Never plan to be exactly on time. Always plan to be early. Doing so will usually get you there just in time. -

If they didn't take you seriously, they would never see you coming.

There was nothing to do but wait. It is always like this for naturalists, and for poets--the long hours of travel and preparation, and then the longer hours of waiting. All for that one electric, pulse-revving vision when the universe suddenly declares itself.

anticipation and the preparation are all part of the process of creating what you want and bringing it to fruition.

You didn't know what good things were going to happen to you until you were right in the middle of them, so it was best to always be ready.

I grew up with classical music when I was a ballet dancer. Now when I have to prepare an emotional scene, to cry or whatever, I listen to sonatas. Vivaldi and stuff. It's just beautiful to me.

Those who rush up a peak without a plan often end up in the valley below - as food for vultures.

Often, only the confidence instilled by repetition and drill can get them moving. Often, there is a fine line between preparation and bravery.