Quotes About Preparation

You need to plan the way a fire department plans: It cannot anticipate where the next fire will be, so it has to shape an energetic and efficient team that is capable of responding to the unanticipated as well as to any ordinary event.

We must recognize that no amount of formal planning can anticipate changes such as globalization and the information revolution we've referred to above. Does that mean that you shouldn't plan? Not at all. You need to plan the way a fire department plans. It cannot anticipate where the next fire will be, so it has to shape an energetic and efficient team that is capable of responding to the unanticipated as well as to any ordinary event.

If a train is coming at you, closing your eyes won't save you ... but if you look right at it, you at least have a chance to jump.

If trouble is coming, don't turn your back, because that's when it's gonna stab. Best to meet it with a grin. That way, you can see what's coming.

No. I've no time to waste. Winter's coming.

When you know about something it stops being a nightmare. When you know how to fight something, it stops being so threatening. So how do you fight a ghoul, Ciri?

Si te van a colgar, pide un vaso de agua. Nunca se sabe qué puede pasar mientras te lo traen.

Se devono impiccarti, chiedi un bicchiere d'acqua. Non si sa mai cosa accadrà prima che te lo portino...

Do not be afraid for yourself, Darrel. You can make the same journey one day—you can join her if you choose to do so. And don't be afraid for her. She is fine. Remember . . . she is getting ready to breathe.

Adversity is preparation for greatness.

Jehovah moves mountains to create the opportunity of His choosing. It is up to you to be ready to move yourself.

Think. Learn. Pray. Plan. Dream. For soon … you will become.

God moves mountains to create the opportunity of His choosing. It is up to you to be ready to move yourself.

If you work hard in practice, then the games are nothin'.

Disciplines are small and by themselves inconsequential (like the scales that professional musicians play every day), attracting no notice and deserving no prize, humbling us in advance of the occasions when our work will be recognized and applauded. Disciplines are difficult, revealing all too clearly our laziness and foolishness, preparing us for the times when fruit seems to burst from our smallest efforts.

They were prepared physically and mentally for war. They'd all had at least nine lives, and had the burns, the dents, the bullet holes and the knife wounds to prove it.

We certainly wouldn't practise carrying it now: that would be a bit like practising being wet, cold and hungry, which wouldn't achieve anything.

landing strip.

I don't like food that's too carefully arranged it makes me think that the chef is spending too much time arranging and not enough time cooking. If I wanted a picture I'd buy a painting.

prudent people look as far down the road as possible when making decisions.

Lord, help us to see trouble coming long before it gets here. And give us the wisdom to know what to do and the courage to do it.

After all, it takes a lot of planning to marry the wrong person.

become the person the person you're looking for is looking for

While nobody plans to mess up his life, the problem is that few of us plan not to.