Quotes About Preparedness

No matter where I'm going, I always have sunglasses, a book, and some gum in my carry-on.

If the plane lost all my luggage, and I was somewhere sunny like Ibiza, I would just get a bikini, shorts, T-shirt, and sandals. If it was somewhere colder like New York, I'd go for jeans, jacket, and a pair of Louboutins.

I always carry Evian bottle and sunscreen.

Knowledge is sometimes superfluous: when we need it, we have it not.

May it not be charged against them!" First Peter 3:15 uses the word defense in a way that denotes the kind of defense one would make to a legal inquiry, asking, "Why are you a Christian?" A believer ought to give an adequate answer to this question. The command to be ready with an answer is directed toward every follower of Jesus—not just pastors, teachers, and leaders.

If the apocalypse comes...beep me!

Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind. 1 PETER 1:13 KJV

They say certain people aren't good soldiers because if they're in a foxhole all night—you know, if you're creative and smart, you're thinking about all the different ways someone is going to blow your head off. But if you're not that smart, you're just like chilling out. And I feel like that in life. I'm just in the foxhole all fucking day thinking about everything that's going to go wrong in every possible way.

i like to keep a bottle of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which i also keep handy.

I travel without barely any luggage. Just a second set of underwear and binoculars and a map and a toothbrush.

Life is not worth living for which a man is not prepared to die at any moment.

What we need is a plan B … independent of the Internet. [It] doesn't necessarily have to have the performance of the Internet, but the police department has to be able to call up the fire department.

So my conscience chide me not, I am ready for Fortune as she wills.

il valait mieux prévenir que guérir.

If you spend years and years dialing 4-1-1 and never practice 9-1-1, then under stress you are likely to dial 4-1-1.

if we drill our children on mass murder simulators, that too will be a reflexive, autopilot skill that is available to them at some tragic moment of truth.

in training helps to take some of the surprise out of it when the real situation arises.

The Gift of Fear, which

Training At The Speed Of Life

We operate on the philosophy that it's better to have a gun and not need it than to need it and not have it.

Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.

The previous day, December 6, Sprague had upbraided his crew for their sloppy performance during an intensive series of drills. He broke with his nature and let them have it. Gathering his officers in the Tangier's wardroom, Sprague said, "We're not prepared. We can't trust the Japanese. How do you know the Japanese won't attack tomorrow?" The next morning the Combined Fleet struck.

The United States has usually prepared for its wars after getting into them. Never was this more true than in the Civil War.

We are only prepared to receive and comprehend the grace of God when we have understood His infinite holiness and our incredible sinfulness.