"By failing to prepare, you are preparing..." - Quote by Benjamin Franklin
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
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“We should make the poor uncomfortable and kick them out of poverty.”
“Diligence is the mother of good luck, and God gives all things to industry. Work while it is called today, for you know not how much you may be hindered by tomorrow. One today is worth two tomorrows; never leave that till tomorrow which you can do to-day.”
“Time eateth all things, could old poets say, The times are chang'd, our times drink all away.”
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“In abundance prepare for scarcity.”
“The best way to have peace is to always be prepared to fight a way.”
“I have studied the enemy all my life. I have read the memoirs of his generals and his leaders. I have even read his philosophers and listened to his music. I have studied in detail the account of every damned one of his battles. I know exactly how he will react under any given set of circumstances. And he hasn't the slightest idea of what I'm going to do. So when the time comes, I'm going to whip the hell out of him.”
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“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.”
“I was always afraid of things that worked the first time. Long experience proved that there were great drawbacks found generally before they could be got commercial; but here was something there was no doubt of.”
“The secret of success is to triple your rate of failure.”