Preparedness Quotes

People were always getting ready for tomorrow. I didn't believe in that. Tomorrow wasn't getting ready for them. It didn't even know they were there.

~ Cormac Mccarthy

It usually takes me two or three days to prepare an impromptu speech.

~ Mark Twain

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

~ Benjamin Disraeli

Opportunity doesn't make appointments, you have to be ready when it arrives.

~ Tim Fargo

I cannot have chaos erupting around me until I am prepared for it. I am a collector. I am an observer. I don't participate. My resources, and my standing, must be secure before I can allow the uncertainty of war to crash down upon us.

~ Derek Landy

Part of knowing how to be prepared comes from being self-aware—being able to anticipate what you’ll need (or screw up) and planning accordingly. I know I am rarely, if ever, the smartest person in the room. And that’s totally OK. What’s not OK is (1) not recognizing that and (2) not coming ready to participate in a meaningful way.

~ Alyssa Mastromonaco

To perform you need practice, to practice you need passion.

~ Amit Kalantri

You don’t have to remind a flower when its time to bloom is near, it has been preparing for it all of its life.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Preparation doesn't assures victory, it assures confidence.

~ Amit Kalantri

Prior preparation is Success divided by half. Once you have fully prepared, every hand glove that obstacles wear to pull you away from reaching your destination will become slippery!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Failure exists. Yes! Failure exists. Don’t expect to meet all your expectations in life; however, expect to do everything you must do to realize your expectations and success. These two things success and failure have in common; they both responds to uncertainty and they are triggered by action.

~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

No one knows the future, but the present offers clues and hints on its direction.

~ Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

You can’t prepare for the details of every single possible thing that might come your way in the future, because the future is uncertain.

~ Auliq Ice

Every action in the present prepare us for the future.

~ Lailah Giftyakita

What if you spent some alone time every morning? Call it prayer. Call it planning. Call it centering. I call it a powerful way to begin the day.

~ Steve Goodier

If you have a deep desire to move forward, a way is being prepared for you.

~ Bryant Mcgill

There is no such thing as weak competition, it grows all the time.

~ Nabil N. Jamal

People who have fully prepared always save time. Albert Einstein was right to teach that if he is given six hours to chop down a tree, he would spend the first four sharpening the axes. When you are done with your action plans, work will be easier!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Don't rush in order to have things done early. Be prepared before you set off. That's the rule. However, this does not mean that you keep delaying the time for beginning. You must begin by all means! Go, get prepared!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Wait awhile, and everything will change.~'Griblich

~ Stephanie Osborn

Speak softly and carry a big stick, you will go far.

~ Theodore Roosevelt

All things are ready, if our mind be so.

~ William Shakespeare

there's no harm in hoping for the best as long as you're prepared for the worst.

~ Stephen King

It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape that when or if the opportunities come he is ready.

~ Theodore Roosevelt

Opportunity does not waste time with those who are unprepared.

~ Idowu Koyenikan

Why is it that at the very moment I need to appear graceful I stumble and fall like a klutz, as though this scene had never played through my mind differently a million times?

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Over the years, Americans in particular have been all too willing to squander their hard-earned independence and freedom for the illusion of feeling safe under someone else's authority. The concept of self-sufficiency has been undermined in value over a scant few generations. The vast majority of the population seems to look down their noses upon self-reliance as some quaint dusty relic, entertained only by the hyperparanoid or those hopelessly incapable of fitting into mainstream society.

~ Cody Lundin

Because you never know when the day before ... Is the day before. Prepare for tomorrow.

~ Bobby Akart

Everyone deserves the chance to survive. I think of this every time I see another disaster. There are probably people dying who don’t have to.

~ James Hubbard

If you know that God may soon be entrusting you with a particular ministry, then it's important that you look ahead to what may be awaiting you in the future and see how you can prepare yourself for it

~ Sunday Adelaja

What you are prepared to do in order to achieve what you want is the only cost involved in achieving that goal.

~ Steven Redhead

Your responsibility to be ready for the fight, never ends.

~ James Yeager

Chance favours the prepared mind.

~ Louis Pasteur

I feel as though I have leapt off this massive cliff and I am still building my wings… Everyone just assumes I know how to fly, but I am pretty sure I am only falling gracefully and hoping to miss the ground.

~ Thomm Quackenbush

Military preparedness is absolutely a form of strength.

~ Rachel Maddow