Quotes About Preparation

you prepare for a pitch, meeting, speech, or negotiation, the goal is to know your material so well that you are free to be in the moment.

hope is not a strategy.

Heureuse la mort qui oste le loisir aux apprests de tel equipage.

The ancient Florentines were so far from seeking to obtain any advantage over their enemies by surprise, that they always gave them a month's warning before they drew their army into the field, by the continual tolling of a bell they called Martinella.—[After St. Martin.] For

Il est incertain où la mort nous attende, attendons-la partout. La préméditation de la mort est préméditation de la liberté. Qui a appris à mourir, il a désappris à servir. Le savoir mourir nous affranchit de toute sujétion et contrainte. Il n'y a rien de mal en la vie pour celui qui a bien compris que la privation de la vie n'est pas mal.

La educación es cebar al cordero antes de matarlo.

I would make a HORRIBLE outlaw. I can plan the crime perfectly, but I'd also need to plan the outcomes to make it work.

But there's no emergency kit for marriage. No neat plan you can turn to when the ground shifts beneath your feet.

Just think about this: If you were to die, how long would it take for people to go through your stuff? How many hours would they have to take off from their jobs to find and organize your personal property? Could they find your will? Where would they look for any instructions on your estate? Have you written down in a secure place the passwords to your computer or phone so friends and family can contact people if you pass away?

You can't keep living without a plan for your money. That's like going on a cross-country trip to visit cities and towns you've never been to before, only you don't have a roadmap.

Joseph relied on his faith to save even when times were plentiful. Year after year he stored up grain. He never wavered from his task, even when the grain was overflowing.

Ya existen salvaguardas contra la liberación de virus tan peligrosos, pero hay que tomar medidas para reforzarlas y añadir nuevas capas de protección. En particular, si se produce un brote de un nuevo virus en algún lugar remoto de la Tierra, los científicos deben tener preparados equipos de respuesta rápida, que puedan aislar el virus en la naturaleza, secuenciar sus genes y preparar rápidamente una vacuna para impedir su propagación.

Annushka has already bought the sunflower oil, and has not only bought it, but has already spilled it.

In order to be in control, you have to have a definite plan for at least a reasonable period of time. So how, may I ask, can man be in control if he can't even draw up a plan for a ridiculously short period of time, say, a thousand years, and is, moreover, unable to ensure his own safety for even the next day?

I was not even aware of getting dressed, which was no simple matter: trousers and shirt, felt boots, over my shirt a leather jerkin, then an overcoat topped by a sheepskin, fur hat, and my bag containing caffeine, camphor, morphine, adrenalin, clamps, sterile dressings, hypodermic, probe, a Browning automatic, cigarettes, matches, watch, stethoscope.

?ovjek sve proživljava prvi put i bez priprema. Kao glumac koji igra predstavu bez ikakve probe. Pa koliko onda vrijedi život ako je prva proba života ve? život sam? Život je zato uvijek sli?an skici.

El hombre lo vive todo a la primera y sin preparación. Como si un actor representase su obra sin ningún tipo de ensayo. Pero ¿qué valor puede tener la vida si el primer ensayo para vivir es ya la vida misma? Por eso la vida parece un boceto. Pero ni siquiera boceto es la palabra precisa, porque un boceto es siempre un borrador de algo, la preparación para un cuadro, mientras que el boceto que es nuestra vida es un boceto para nada, un borrador sin cuadro.

Não existe meio de verificar qual é a boa decisão, pois não existe termo de comparação. Tudo é vivido pela primeira vez e sem preparação. Como se um ator entrasse em cena sem nunca ter ensaiado. Mas o que pode valer a vida, se o primeiro ensaio da vida já é a própria vida?

Chantal se siente a salvo, porque la voz de Jean-Marc es la voz del amor, la voz cuya existencia había olvidado en aquellos momentos de desconcierto, la voz del amor que la acaricia y la relaja, pero para la que todavía no está preparada; como si esa voz llegara de lejos, de demasiado lejos; tendrá que escucharla aún durante bastante tiempo para creer en ella.

Il n'existe aucun moyen de vérifier quelle décision est la bonne car il n'existe aucune comparaison. Tout est vécu tout de suite pour la première fois et sans préparation. Comme si un acteur entrait en scène sans avoir jamais répété. Mais que peut valoir la vie, si la première répétition de la vie est la vie même?

Ne?manoma patikrinti, kuris sprendimas geresnis, nes n?ra su kuo lyginti. Žmogus visk? išgyvena pirm? kart? ir be jokio pasiruošimo. Tarsi aktorius vaidint? scenoje be repeticij?. <...> m?s? gyvenimas, n?ra ruoša, tai apmatai be paveikslo.

?ovjek sve proživljava prvi put i bez pripreme. Kao glumac koji igra predstavu bez ikakve probe. Pa koliko onda vrijedi život ako je prva proba života ve? život sam? Život je zato uvijek sli?an skici. Samo, ni skica nije prava rije?, jer je skica uvijek nacrt za nešto, priprema za sliku. A skica koja je naš život je skica nizašto, crtež iza kojega ne slijedi slika.

I love it when people can actually engage with the materials of the sacrament in advance.

I would love to be in the position where the role is challenging enough that I need three months to prepare for it and then six months to live the life of character.