Quotes About Preparation

I knew I was going to take the wrong train, so I left early.

Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination.

If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

In knowing how to overcome little things, a centimeter at a time, gradually when bigger things come, you're prepared.

First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.

It's been said that love finds you when you're ready.

Over-preparation is the foe of inspiration.

If you want the whole thing, the gods will give it to you. But you must be ready for it.

No one is ready for a thing until he believes he can acquire it.

As in all successful ventures, the foundation of a good retirement is planning.

Chance favors the prepared mind. The more you practice, the luckier you become.

Wood burns faster when you have to cut and chop it yourself.

Confidence comes from being prepared.

Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never peril.

I wasn't as fit as I would of liked to have been, going to the World Cup, but I'm not sure what difference that made.

Few people have any next, they live from hand to mouth without a plan, and are always at the end of their line.

The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he is born.

Sometimes a little discomfort in the beginning can save a whole lot of pain down the road.

A daydreamer is prepared for most things.

Expect the unexpected, my mother once said. Because the unexpected most certainly will be expecting you.

I spent twelve years training for a career that was over in a week. Joe Namath spent one week training for a career that lasted twelve years.

What we do on some great occasion will probably depend on what we already are; and what we are will be the result of previous years of self-discipline.

Be careful what you wear to bed, because you never know where you might wake up.

I know when things are going to get me a little nervous, because nervous to me feels good.