Quotes About Preparation

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I'm a shaky traveler, she said. I can't even sleep through a flight, I have to be awake for the crash.

Make sure to marry a man who puts his pizza rolls into the oven, not the microwave, Laura told her, smiling at Will. He knows good things take a little more time.

being anxious about shit ahead of time just means I've got to be anxious twice.

The easy road is always under construction, so have an alternate route planned.

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Actually, many engaged couples give more thought and consideration to their one-day wedding experience than they do to what will happen in the many years following.

You don't go walking into the proverbial lion's den lightly. You start with a good breakfast.

Tavi grinned. Are you with me? The plan is insane, Ehren said. YOU are insane. He looked around the inside of the tent. I'll need some pants.

One can have only as much preparation as he has foresight.

You can't plan for everything or you never get started in the first place.

I checked my gear, my pockets, my shoelaces, and realized that I had crossed the line between making sure I was ready and trying to postpone the inevitable.

You killed my dog! Get your affairs in order.

If I lived through the next day or so, I needed to start keeping track of where these jokers liked to get their bloodthirsty freak on. It might give me an edge someday. Or at least a list of places that could use a nice burning down. I hadn't burned down a building in ages.

I kicked the door open, staff held ready to fight, and shouted, And I'm all outta bubble gum!

I mean, go figure. You prepare your home for an assault and you don't take zombies into consideration. I'd fallen victim to one of the other classic blunders, along with not getting involved in a land war in Asia and never going in against a Sicilian when death was on the line.

Never walk into a fight when the bad guys are the ones who set it up.

I run—and not so that I'll be skinny and look good, either. I run so that when something that wants to kill me is chasing me, I'll be good at running.

Uriel smiled. Collin, like the others, is wit me because he is not yet prepared to face what comes next. When he is, he'll take that step. For now, he is not. When you say what comes next , what do you mean, exactly? The part involving words like forever , eternity , and judgment . Oh, I said. What Comes Next.

There are a lot of ways to get ready for trouble. You get ready to fight. That's one of them. But it's even more important that you build something worth fighting for.

You can't plan for everything or you never get started in the first place.

We must prepare for as many futures as possible, not merely the ones we prefer.

Molly was a big believer in shaping the future by way of carrying anything you might need in a backpack.

Nothing is truly safe in this world—and that being the case, why worry about threats that have not yet appeared? Far wiser to make what preparations one could, face trouble as it arose, and be happy in the meantime.