PREPARATION QUOTES
quotations about preparation
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
ANONYMOUS
Why should we look to the past in order to prepare for the future? Because there is nowhere else to look.
JAMES BURKE
Connections
I've never been ready to do a single thing I've ever done in my life. I haven't been prepared enough, haven't studied enough, haven't known enough. You can never be ready. There's just so much to know.
LYLE LOVETT
Esquire, February 2012
You have to prepare physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually to conquer any mountain.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA
Pearls of Wisdom
Being prepared does not make the crisis disappear! Even if you're ready, it's still there, only in more manageable proportions.
BARBARA SALSBURY
Preparedness Principles
All things are ready, if our mind be so.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Henry V
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
ANONYMOUS
The best match in the world will not light a candle unless the wick be first suitably prepared.
ALGERNON BLACKWOOD
"The Man Who Found Out"
The mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.
CONFUCIUS
The Analects
Another way to be prepared is to think negatively. Yes, I'm a great optimist. but, when trying to make a decision, I often think of the worst case scenario. I call it 'the eaten by wolves factor.' If I do something, what's the most terrible thing that could happen? Would I be eaten by wolves? One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist, is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose. There are a lot of things I don't worry about, because I have a plan in place if they do.
RANDY PAUSCH
The Last Lecture
He who is not prepared today, will be less so tomorrow.
OVID
attributed, Day's Collacon
Any preparation is better than no preparation.
TAYLOR PITZ
"Global Warming is Threatening Your Morning Coffee", The Inertia, May 11, 2016
The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.
P.S. I Love You
Unlike riding a roller coaster or being pregnant, being prepared is not an "all or nothing" thing. Being a little bit prepared is a whole lot better than not being prepared at all. Being well prepared is better than being a little bit prepared. You determine how much you are willing to do. Practicality reigns.
BARBARA SALSBURY
Preparedness Principles
In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made.
CICERO
De Officiis
Spectacular achievements come from unspectacular preparation.
ROGER STAUBACH
attributed, The 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player
If you prepare yourself at every point as well as you can, with whatever means you may have, however meager they may seem, you will be able to grasp opportunity for broader experience when it appears. Without preparation you cannot do it.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
preface, Autobiography
Opportunity is a haughty goddess who wastes no time with those who are unprepared.
GEORGE C. CLASON
The Richest Man in Babylon
There is no such thing as luck. There is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN
Have Space Suit--Will Travel
If you believe you can accomplish everything by "cramming" at the eleventh hour, by all means, don't lift a finger now. But you may think twice about beginning to build your ark once it has already started raining.
MAX BROOKS
The Zombie Survival Guide