Quotes About Preparation

do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat

He who whets his steel, whets his courage.

If you aren't preparing for life like a war, you'll end up living like a prisoner of war.

Man with a crossbow in the proper position at the proper time's worth a corps of heavy artillery half an hour late and ten miles down the road from where it should be.

Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory is won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory.

Never mind of what your enemy thinks of you, relax and think a head of him.

A war regarded as inevitable or even probable and therefore much prepared for has a very good chance of eventually being fought.

As I approached my 18th birthday and prepared to enter military service in World War II, I was recommended to receive the Melchizedek Priesthood.

Falling in love was the easy part; planning a wedding - yikes!

It is easy to mistake being ready for a wedding with being ready for marriage.

Many people spend more time in planning the wedding than they do in planning the marriage.

In the process of planning and having a wedding, I forgot there would actually be a marriage, a union of minds, bodies, souls, and issues that would come together as soon as the ceremony was over.

Being dead was one thing, getting ready for a wedding another.

I used the Deep Cleansing Masque on my wedding day because I wanted everything - including my complexion - to be perfect!

The prenup needs to be drawn up months before the wedding, not days - it's not something you slap together and sign in the car on the way to the ceremony. A shotgun prenup might not hold up in court.

It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.

Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life.

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark.

When we feel stuck, going nowhere-even starting to slip backward-we may actually be backing up to get a running start.

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

It is the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not to venture all his eggs in one basket.

Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life.

A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat.