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Quotes About Preparation

If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have the time to do it over?
~ John Wooden
Be true to yourself. Make each day your masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make friendship a fine art. Build a shelter against a rainy day. Pray for guidance and give thanks for your blessings every day.
~ John Wooden
Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.
~ John Wooden
Never try to be better than someone else. Learn from others, and try to be the best you can be. Success is the by-product of that preparation.
~ John Wooden
Whenever I don't know what to do, I watch what I am doing." And what I was doing that year was leaving, even though I had not yet
~ Elizabeth Strout
If I had known what it would be like the next time that I saw them— Well, I did not know then. — It is a gift in this life that we do not know what awaits us.
~ Elizabeth Strout
Teach your boy to fly, and he will be safe from spears and antique rifles." "I don't want him to go to war at all!" "When it comes, you will have no choice. The only way to save him is to lift him above the crowd.
~ Elizabeth Wein
Getting ready is the biggest part of any job, and the hardest, Jared...Lay your foundation true and firm, my boy, prepare your work well; the rest all but does itself.
~ Elizabeth Yates
Well, crying's good. It prepares you for life.
~ Ellen DeGeneres
Worry is blind, and cannot discern the future; but Jesus sees the end from the beginning. In every difficulty He has His way prepared to bring relief.
~ Ellen G. White
It is true, care should be taken to furnish the table with healthful food prepared in a wholesome and inviting manner. Do not think that anything you can carelessly throw together to serve as food is good enough for the children. But less time should be devoted to the preparation of unhealthful dishes for the table, to please a perverted taste, and more time to the education and training of the children.
~ Ellen G. White
Grace can thrive only in the heart that is being constantly prepared for the precious seeds of truth. The thorns of sin will grow in any soil; they need no cultivation; but grace must be carefully cultivated. The
~ Ellen G. White
In order to be prepared for the judgment, it is necessary that men should keep the law of God.
~ Ellen G. White
The Creator has prepared no place for the stagnating practice of indolence.
~ Ellen G. White
The servants of Christ were to prepare no set speech to present when brought to trial. Their preparation was to be made day by day in treasuring up the precious truths of God's word, and through prayer strengthening their faith. When they were brought into trial, the Holy Spirit would bring to their remembrance the very truths that would be needed. A
~ Ellen G. White
I tell students that the opportunities I had were a result of having a good educational background. Education is what allows you to stand out.
~ Ellen Ochoa
If you're going to plan a wedding, then a certain amount of suffering is not a choice.
~ Ellie Kemper
A man must be prepared to face life, as well as death, there's no escape from either.
~ Ellis Peters
Then he just blurted it out, with no preparation. 'The truth of it is that whether your mother arranged our marriage, or whether it was all an illusion, I must be horribly obtuse, because I can't talk myself out of being in love with you.
~ Eloisa James
For the first time in his life Matt was glad he had done his homework. If he hadn't done that history report, he probably wouldn't even know where he was right now.
~ Elvira Woodruff
A slack hand causes poverty. But the hand of the diligent makes rich (Proverbs 10:4). That is what the scripture says. So, it is up to you. Do you prefer to keep to your pride and then end up achieving nothing? Or are you ready to swallow your pride and then emerge a success eventually? The choice is always yours. But, never forget. The collision of preparation and opportunity is what generates an offspring called genuine success. -Emeasoba George
~ Emeasoba George
An attribute of good/true leadership is forethoughtfulness [careful anticipation and preparation for the future ahead]. I mean, a true leader ought to be provident i.e. timely preparation for the future [challenges) is required of him or her. ~Emeasoba George
~ Emeasoba George
Doing your own best presently is the best way to prepare for the future ahead of you. -Emeasoba George
~ Emeasoba George
Every so seemed misfortune or difficulty is a preparation for the so called common person to fulfill an uncommon destiny or task ahead of him or her.
~ Emeasoba George