preparations Quotes

“Fortune . . . shows her power where valour has not prepared to resist her, and thither she turns her forces where she knows that barriers and defences have not been raised to constrain her.”

“A wise prince ought to . . . never in peaceful times stand idle, but increase his resources with industry in such a way that they may be available to him in adversity.”

“‘Rope!’ muttered Sam. ‘I knew I’d want it, if I hadn’t got it!’”

“Achievement is talent plus preparation.”

“I’ve been talking to you for a long time, but today was the first time you could hear it, and all those other times weren’t a waste either. Like little cracks in the wall, one at a time but woven together, they prepared you for today. You have to prepare the soil if you want it to embrace the seed.”

“She tore off one garment and clothed him with it. With a second garment she clothed herself.”

“We are not prepared to go where we need to go. So we do not clearly see the need to end something, or we maintain false hope, or we just are not able to do it. As a result, we stay stuck in what should now be in our past.”

″Luck is indeed where preparation meets opportunity.″

″... this is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for a future that only He can see.”

“Volunteers from the audience sometimes participate in preparation. As the trick is being setup, the magician will make use of every possible use of misdirection.”

“It was war all right. Right away, the supermarkets were empty.”

“Start before you’re ready. Don’t prepare. Begin.”

“Don’t think a play ahead, or two or three. Think about this play, this step. Get it right one step at a time, and you’ll score.”

“It was about dusk, one evening during the supreme madness of the carnival season, that I encountered my friend.”

″‘I thought it would be fun to build ourselves a house to picnic in when the winter comes,’ said Peregrine. The Ordinary Princess clapped her hands with joy. ‘You do have the nicest ideas of anyone I know,’ she said. ‘Now where shall we build it?‘”

“He checked the oil, water, battery water, and tires. Everything was in good condition. It usually was, because he took special care of the car. If it ever broke down so that he couldn’t get back to the house by sunset... Well, there was no point in even worrying about that. If it ever happened, that was the end.”

“Exploration is in our nature. We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still. We have lingered long enough on the shores of the cosmic ocean. We are ready at last to set sail for the stars.”

“Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, ‘This was their finest hour.’

“Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, • having put on the breastplate of righteousness, • and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; • above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.”

“She feel’s it’s important to come prepared.”

“There was a lot to do to get ready for the wedding.”

“Dear child, you must eat first,′ said Mother, ‘and then you must be warmly dressed, because it is cold day.’ And Ollie swallowed his oatmeal and milk, and Mother put on his thick double-breasted jacket and the long mittens and stuffed a sandwich in each pocket, and then said he might stay out until dinner time.”

“Just as Amos had once felt, all alone in the middle of the ocean, Boris felt now, lying alone on the shore. He was sure he would die. And just as he was preparing to die, Amos came racing back with two of the biggest elephants he could find.”

“They have arrived just in time. The White Wizard is transforming into a silver flutterwing and is preparing to escape. But General Min has seen the change. She is about to pounce.”

“Sasha taught the boy that preparation, knowledge, and discipline can deal with any form of danger...”