Quotes on Preparation

There will be occasions in each of our lives when we will be called upon to explain or to defend our beliefs. When the time for performance arrives, the time for preparation is past.

I try to prepare for everything beyond the extent of preparation.

Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one's self to do without it.

Part of success is preparation on purpose.

Too often we treat prayer as the preparation for the work of the church. Do you not see? Prayer IS the work of the church.

I wrote The Grapes of Wrath in one hundred days, but many years of preparation preceded it.

What I know for sure is this: The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal for this year is, you can get there - as long as you're willing to be honest with yourself about the preparation and work involved. There are no back doors, no free rides. There's just you, this moment, and a choice.

Confidence is believing in your own ability, knowing what you have to do to win. My confidence was developed through preparation.

Miracles come in moments. Be ready and willing.

Life must be a preparation for the transition to another dimension.

By all means take thought for the tomorrow, yes, careful thought and planning and preparation. But have no anxiety.

There’s nothing in the world worse than having an opportunity that you’re not prepared for. Good luck usually follows the collision of opportunity and preparation - it’s a result of that collision. You’ve got to be prepared. So, make your mistakes now and make them quickly. If you’ve made the mistakes, you know what to expect the next time. That’s how you become valuable.

I have to move on now as there is no point to dwell on the past. I have a few days to refocus and get ready for the 200 meters on Friday. After this I have the 4×100-meter and a few other races before the end of the season.

There is no substitute for work. Worthwhile results come from hard work and careful planning.

Prepare while others are daydreaming.

I’ve learned that possibly the greatest detractor from high performance is fear: fear that you are not prepared, fear that you are in over your head, fear that you are not worthy, and ultimately, fear of failure. If you can eliminate that fear—not through arrogance or just wishing difficulties away, but through hard work and preparation—you will put yourself in an incredibly powerful position to take on the challenges you face.

The real preparation for education is a study of one's self. The training of the teacher...is something far more than a learning of ideas. It includes the training of character; it is a preparation of the spirit.

You cannot prevent and prepare for war at the same time.

NECTAR, n. A drink served at banquets of the Olympian deities. The secret of its preparation is lost, but the modern Kentuckians believe that they come pretty near to a knowledge of its chief ingredient.

The most successful career must show a waste of strength that might have removed mountains, and the most unsuccessful is not that of the man who is taken unprepared, but of him who has prepared and is never taken.

If you will be humble and ask God what to do, I promise you that he will always prepare a way for your deliverance.