Quotes About Preparation

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail . . . Never mistake activity for achievement . .

If you don't have the time to do it right, how can you have the time to do it over?

Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books – especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.

I have prepared for death all of my life by the life I lived." Socrates was at peace with himself.

I don't think anybody's necessarily ready for death. You can only hope that when it approaches, you feel like you've said what you wanted to say. Nobody wants to go out in mid-sentence.

On any journey, we must find out where we are before we can plan the first step.

There's only two things you can start without a plan: a riot and a family, for everything else you need a plan.

Your retirement is an opportunity to live out your dreams and take care of your family. Don't leave it to chance.

The prime purpose of being four is to enjoy being four - of secondary importance is to prepare for being five.

Head Start is designed to ensure that all children - regardless of their family's income, race, or ethnic background - are able to enter kindergarten ready to learn.

If I'm getting on an airplane or anywhere, really, I have a lunch box and stuff. It's a running joke with my friends and family - everyone gives me lunch boxes for Christmas.

You can't hire someone to practice for you.

Sometimes we seek that which we are not yet ready to find.

Start with short stories. After all, if you were taking up rock climbing, you wouldn't start with Mount Everest. So if you're starting fantasy, don't start with a nine-book series.

If you have enough fantasies, you're ready, in the event that something happens.

The director, of course, was Bob Fosse. But again, I worked with my father to prepare for the role.

You can't let the fear of something completely and absolutely inevitable.

We should not allow fear or anxiety to stop us from doing something. If you think through something well and prepare thoroughly, you can do a lot of things you think you can't.

If you prepare your subconscious for highly stressful situations, you can create harmony with your fears. You can tame fear like a wild animal and use it to your advantage.

Having the courage to make decisions and take action. Never be afraid to fail. You have nothing to fear if you have prepared to the best of your ability.

It's OK to get butterfly in your stomach; the key is to learn how to make them fly in formation.

Never fear a job, always respect it, and always leave yourself a hind door to escape. May your hind door always be open.

A thing may be dreaded as long as it has not overtaken you.

A little bit of stage fright, then I'm ready.