Quotes About Preparation

it behooves us old stagers to keep our lamps trimmed and burning to the last, and not trust to the sun's looming. Thoreau, Henry David. The Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau: Canoeing in the Wilderness, Walden, Walking, Civil Disobedience and More (Kindle Locations 12226-12227). . Kindle Edition.

I am more afraid of our own blunders than of the enemy's devices.

They marched a good way apart from each other, that the clashing of their arms might not betray them; and they were lightly equipped, having the right foot bare that they might be less liable to slip in the mud.

The preparations of both the combatants were in every department in the last state of perfection;

preparations of both the combatants were in every department in the last state of perfection;

It's a lot easier for our children to look forward to a hopeful future if they have the confidence that we are doing all we can, while they are in our care, to groom them for the future.

Antibiotics, viral tabs, painkillers, sterilisation spray," Kasyanov said. "Other stuff. Bandages, medicines, contraceptives. Hoop raised an eyebrow. "Hey. Forever is a long time.

I know something about a lot of things, she countered evenly. That's why you're grooming me to be your lieutenant, remember? - Mara Jade

She walked up on the snake. Did she really expect not to get bitten?

Before facing you enemy, you must first face yourself.

Rich got a plan for living. Poor got a plan for dying.

how to prepare a young generation to run a large, modern, and complex industrial society. Nearly

We wait. No sense spooking him. We let him come in nice and close while we do our famous imitation of a hole in the water

Panic is something that good operations officers plan for.

A Guards regiment, eh, Comrade Colonel? These tit-sucking children could not guard a Turkish whorehouse; much less do anything worthwhile inside of it!" While commenting on how unprepared his troops are. -Alekseyev

First we must accomplish the task at hand. An officer who looks too far ahead stumbles over his own boots.

preparation, knowledge, and discipline can deal with any form of danger; that danger confronted properly is not something a man must fear.

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Victory comes only to those prepared to make it, and take it ~Tom Clancy

Like I keep telling people, the more thinking you do before things get exciting, the less exciting things will be. And they get plenty exciting enough.

A" would go out to everybody, while "B" would go only to those people who were supposed to survive, people who understood what it was all about, or who would accept their survival and get on with things with the rest of the crew.

When you dealt with explosives, you didn't rush and you didn't take chances.

A business plan is a campaign, a strategy, an outline of what you want to do and how you plan to do it. And you need to write one whether or not you are looking for finance.

Its kitchens were enormous and capable of being put to any use except the convenient preparation of food.