Quotes About Preparation

Solitude and peace with oneself are probably the only preparation one has for death.

But a line sergeant told me something I never forgot. 'Don't think about it before it happens, and don't think about it when it's over.

The wind becomes your indispensable ally. When the trees and undergrowth and sometimes the elephant grass begin to thrash, the object that does not move or the shadow that remains like a tin cutout becomes the entity that is out there in the darkness, preparing to take your life. Except in this case, the presence on

I didn't mind being alone. Solitude and peace with oneself are probably the only preparation one has for death.

By nine, Mildred was powdered, puffed, perfumed, and patted to that state of semi-transparency that a woman seems to achieve when she is really dressed to go out.

You think you're prepared. You think you've done everything you're supposed to, study hard, work hard, keep yourself out of trouble, and then—whoosh! Something arrives out of the blue that you never saw coming. Something you never even imagined. Something that'll knock your little world off its axis. Something that'll either change your life for the better, or end it forever. Chaos.

Tomato peelin' start late this year. Meanwhiles we got to eat.

Being wholly given over to God now is the essential and best possible preparation for future service.

To be prepared against surprise is to be trained. To be prepared for surprise is to be educated.

Because infinite players prepare themselves to be surprised by the future, they play in complete openness. It is not an openness as in candor, but an openness as in vulnerability. It is not a matter of exposing one's unchanging identity, the true self that has always been, but a way of exposing one's ceaseless growth, the dynamic self that has yet to be.

Gardening is not outcome-oriented. A successful harvest is not the end of a gardener's existence, but only a phase of it. As any gardener knows, the vitality of a garden does not end with a harvest. It simply takes another form. Gardens do not die in the winter but quietly prepare for another season.

Iggy nodded. "I'm bummed we couldn't use Big Boy," he said. "But I don't want to waste it. We have to actually see them first. I mean, you do." "Maybe tomorrow," the Gasman said encouragingly. "We'll go see what havoc we've wreaked." "Wrought.

you plan to fail if you fail to plan

Listen up," I said urgently. "It's time to round up your gear. I'm gonna check in with Patrick, and then we're getting the flock out of here." Ha-ha.

Someone who shakes a tree needs to be ready for what might fall on him. - Craig Carney

A saying of Sun-tzu's hammered through her head: "A victorious army wins its victories before seeking battle.

show up soon, too. Supposedly, he had the final plans

If you're waiting, that's a good thing. It's when we all rush in and jump on you that you should worry.

I thought we'd whip up some French toast," says Uncle Frankie. "Should I plug in the toaster?" asks Gaynor.

going to nail this Hazmat

What do you think their game plan is? Why the delay?" Jean sits down across from her

A victorious army wins its victories before seeking battle.

You know how some kids get excited about the first day of school and have an outfit all picked out and a new lunchbox and stuff? Well, they're bleeping idiots. "Can

collected his weapon, and put on his jacket. Then he jogged