Quotes About Preparedness

A commander in chief ought to say to himself several times a day: If the enemy should appear on my front, on my right, on my left, what would I do? And if the question finds him uncertain, he is not well placed, he is not as he should be, and he should remedy it.

Do nothing but be prepared to do anything.

Ganteaume had twenty-one fighting ships under his command, but trained crews for only seven.

Any kind of survival information from encyclopedias, biographies, anything that helps you learn to live off the land and defend ourselves. Even some fiction might be useful.

It isn't enough for us to just survive, limping along, playing business as usual while things get worse and worse. If that's the shape we give to God, then someday we must become too weak—too poor, too hungry, too sick—to defend ourselves. Then we'll be wiped out.

Put your trust in God but be sure to keep your powder dry.

Keep your faith in God, but keep your powder dry.

Put your trust in God and keep your powder dry.

The more prepared you are, the less pressure you feel.

Readiness for God means that we are prepared to do the smallest thing or the largest thing—it makes no difference. It means we have no choice in what we want to do, but that whatever God's plans may be, we are there and ready. Whenever any duty presents itself, we hear God's voice as our Lord heard His Father's voice, and we are ready for it with the total readiness of our love for Him.

Be ready for the sudden surprise visits of God. A ready person never needs to get ready—he is ready.

Like my father always said to me, if you ever pull a weapon on somebody – no matter what it is – you've got to be fully prepared to use it, because if you're not, the other guy will see the doubt in your eyes, and he'll take it off you and use it on you instead. Then you're really in trouble.

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ..... a set of screwdrivers, a cordless drill, and a black lace bra...

Confidence is what happens when you've done the hard work that entitles you to succeed.

Hence, when we are told that Christ appeared in the fulness of time, the fact of which we are mainly assured is, that all was done which was properly required for bringing the Church, whether as to her internal state or to her relations to the world, into a measure of preparedness for the time of His appearing.

A woman who goes around wearing a knife is obviously looking for trouble." She reached deep into her pocket and brought out a long, slender piece of metal, glittering all along one edge. "However a woman who carries a knife is ready for trouble. Generally speaking, it's easier to appear harmless. It's less trouble all around.

When they'd drawn their swords on me, I'd raised my hands. It's a good habit to have when anyone points something sharp at you.

A woman who goes around wearing a knife is obviously looking for trouble. However, a woman who carries a knife is ready for trouble.

Discovery . . . favours the prepared mind. And there are no better prepared minds in medicine than good nurses.

There's nothing to worry about till there's something to worry about.

If you're not ready for everything, you're not ready for anything.

Rutherford's view was that if some armed nut decided to take out his frustrations on the congregation, he wanted to be prepared.

as the intentional, learned skill of optimizing self-awareness and self-regulation of both the body and mind. In this way, meditation can facilitate better balance, self-restoration and preparedness for present and future flourishing. Meditation is the intentional practice of healthy rest, healthy preparedness, self-aware "eudaemonia," welfare or prosperity.

In case of attack, this completely inadequate load of bird shot will make a loud noise, if nothing else.