Quotes About Preparation

Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

The art of living is more like that of wrestling than of dancing. The main thing is to stand firm and be ready for an unforeseen attack.

Let us be of good cheer, remembering that misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.

It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck, even while waiting for it.

Great opportunities come to all, but many do not know they have met them. The only preparation to take advantage of them is ... to watch what each day brings.

Never stop. One always stops as soon as something is about to happen.

Add each day something to fortify you against poverty and death.

It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.

The recipe for a good speech includes some shortening.

When I was preparing for this speech I asked my family for advice. One member replied, "There's a first time for everything, so try to be funny and brief."

Look for opportunity. You can't wait for it to knock on the door. ... You might not be home.

You decide you'll wait for your pitch. Then as the ball starts toward the plate, you think about your stance. And then you think about your swing. And then you realize that the ball that went past you for a strike was your pitch.

Great opportunities come to all, but many do not know they have met them. The only preparation to take advantage of them is simple fidelity to watch what each day brings.

Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor for the best opportunities; they will never come.

The best impromptu speeches are the ones written well in advance.

Opportunity can benefit no man who has not fitted himself to seize it and use it. Opportunity woos the worthy, shuns the unworthy. Prepare yourself to grasp opportunity, and opportunity is likely to come your way. It is not so fickle, capricious and unreasoning as some complain.

The secret to success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

If you want your ship to come in, you must build a dock.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

To lead an untrained people to war is to throw them away.

In fair weather prepare for foul.

We should lay up in peace what we shall need in war.

The first years of man must make provision for the last.

I don't see what's wrong with giving Bobby a little experience before he starts to practise law.