Quotes About Preparedness

three-quarters of today's youth between the ages of seventeen and twenty-four are unfit to serve for one reason or another.

One can't be too safe, only too sorry.

I have never advocated war except as means of peace, so seek peace, but prepare for war. Because war... War never changes. War is like winter and winter is coming.

To maintain peace in the future it is necessary to be prepared for war.

A true adventurer needs a keen wit, a stout heart, and a strong bladder. Though luck can stand in for the wit and the heart, but I have never yet found a good substitute for the bladder.

Put your trust in God, my boys, and keep your powder dry!

No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.

First, they believe that when trouble comes to our country there will be Marines—somewhere—who, through hard work, have made and kept themselves ready to do something useful about it, and do it at once.

I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.

Readiness is the best way of truly taking care of soldiers.

A company needs to have good business reflexes, to be able to marshal its forces in a crisis or in response to any unplanned event.

Being properly prepared is one of the biggest assets in business and in athletic competition.

Innovation implies high risk, and with high risk comes failure, so you've got to be prepared for that, but if you don't risk, then your business goes stale very quickly.

A 99% Value-at-Risk calculation does not evaluate what happens in the last one percent... This is like an airbag that works all the time, except when you have a car accident.

Just so you know: if a rakshasa shows up, I left my sword in the car.

Everything I needed was in my car, even the chickens

If you know how to shoot, and are quite ready to shoot, the chances are that you won't have to shoot.

Did you ever observe to whom the accidents happen? Chance favors only the prepared mind.

Watch out for emergencies. They are your big chance.

But chance runs like a river through all our lives, and being prepared for surprise is the best we can do.

Chance favours the trained mind.

A successful stockpicker has the same relationship with a drop in the market as a Minnesotan has with freezing weather. You know it's coming, and you're ready to ride it out, and when your favorite stocks go down with the rest, you jump at the chance to buy more.

Just because we cannot imagine our actions leading to disaster, it doesn't mean that such a disaster cannot happen.

The rule of survival, he thought. Keep eye peeled regarding situation around you. Learn its demands. And- meet them. Be there at the right time doing the right thing.