Quotes About Preparation

Where is the good of planning upon an if? To trust is to get ready, uncle says. Trust is better than foresight.

Where is the good of planning upon an if? To trust is to get ready, uncle says. Trust is better than foresight.

but i doubt if any prolonged contemplation of death is desirable for those whose business it now is to live, and whose fate it is ere long to die. It is a closing of God's hand upon us to squeeze some of the bad blood out of us, and, when it relaxes, we must live the more diligently- not to get ready for death, but to get more life.

the object of waging a war is always to be in a better position in which to wage another war.

For weeks past he had been making ready for this moment, and it had never crossed his mind that anything would be needed except courage. The actual writing would be easy. All he had to do was to transfer to paper the interminable restless monologue that had been running inside his head, literally for years.

Sharp knives, of course, are the secret of a successful restaurant.

Heureusement l'ennemi était on ne peut moins entreprenant. Il y eut des nuits où notre position eût pu être prise d'assaut par vingt boy-scouts armés de carabines à air comprimé, ou tout aussi bien par vingt girl-guides armées de raquettes.

El objeto de la guerra es siempre estar en mejor situación para librar otra guerra.

The trouble you're expecting never happens; it's always something that sneaks up the other way.

Opportunity is a haughty goddess who wastes no time with those who are unprepared. You

La oportunidad es una diosa arrogante que no malgasta el tiempo con los que no están preparados.

Success means accomplishments as the result of our own efforts and abilities. Proper preparation is the key to our success. Our acts can be no wiser than our thoughts. Our thinking can be no wiser than our understanding.

Provide in advance for the needs of thy growing age and the protection of thy family.

Would you call a fisherman lucky who for years so studied the habits of the fish that with each changing wind he could cast his nets about them? Opportunity is a haughty goddess who wastes no time with those who are unprepared.

Opportunity is a haughty goddess who wastes no time with those who are unprepared

we can guard ourselves against the unexpected tragedies

should give thought to those future days.

This, then, is the sixth cure for a lean purse. Provide in advance for the needs of thy growing age and the protection of thy family.

Oportunidade é uma deusa altiva que não perde tempo com aqueles que não estão preparados.

When my time is up," I would tell friends, "my dance card is going to be full.

I took my time to arrive, entering the world only after my grandmother Dorothy Walker Bush administered a healthy dose of castor oil to Mother. (It was my first taste of the oil business.)

There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.