Readiness Quotes

Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.

To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour.

For most people, spiritual awakening is a gradual process. Rarely does it happen all at once. When it does, though, it is usually brought about by intense suffering.

Some people awaken spiritually without ever coming into contact with any meditation technique or any spiritual teaching. They may awaken simply because they can't stand the suffering anymore.

On a day when the wind is perfect, the sail just needs to open and the world is full of beauty. Today is such a day.

A man receives only what he is ready to receive, whether physically or intellectually or morally, as animals conceive at certain seasons their kind only. We hear and apprehend only what we already half know.

I always believe in being prepared, even when I'm dressed in white tie and tails.

Overwhelment is about you not being up to speed with what you told the Universe that you want. The Universe is yielding to you. You're just not ready to receive it right now.

A good martial artist does not become tend but ready, not thinking but jet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come.

Stay in the center, and you will be ready to move in any direction.

Do not be tense, just be ready, not thinking but not dreaming, not being set but being flexible.

There comes a precious moment in all of our lives when we are tapped on the shoulder and offered the opportunity to do something very special that is unique to us and our abilities, what a tragedy it would be if we are not ready or willing.

Be ready to catch the ball when it is thrown by life.

A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready.

A man receives only what he is ready to receive... The phenomenon or fact that cannot in any wise be linked with the rest of what he has observed, he does not observe.

Let choice whisper in your ear and love murmur in your heart. Be ready. Here comes life.

What school, college, or lecture bring men depends on what men bring to carry it home in.

Like the cobra, you remain coiled in a loose but compact position and your strike should be felt before it is seen.

A quality martial artist is always ready for any move, and trains oneself invincible.

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.

Whether it's boxing, basketball, or badminton, one must be ready to succeed before entering the arena...long before the lights come up.

There is a difference between wishing for a thing and being ready to receive it.

Preparedness is the ultimate confidence builder.

A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. Not thinking, yet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come. When the opponent expands, I contract; and when he contracts, I expand. And when there is an opportunity, "I" do not hit, "it" hits all by itself.

One can only be silent and sit peacefully when one hath arrow and bow; otherwise one prateth and quarrelleth. Let your peace be a victory!

Fruits that blossom first will first be ripe.

I love you, Katie. You might not be ready to say those words now, and maybe you'll never be able to say them, but that doesn't change how I feel about you.

I often feel like saying, when I hear the question 'People aren't ready,' that it's like telling a person who is trying to swim, 'Don't jump in that water until you learn how to swim.' When actually you will never learn how to swim until you get in the water. And I think people have to have an opportunity to develop themselves and govern themselves.

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.

The law hath not been dead, though it hath slept.

When one is truly ready for a thing, it puts in its appearance.

If you want to shoot rare, fast-moving elephants, you should always carry a loaded gun.

Don't fall victim to what I call the ready-aim-aim-aim-aim syndrome. You must be willing to fire.

Don't be concerned that you have no position; be concerned how you may fit yourself to occupy one. .

I'm a showgirl, as you can tell. I'm ever ready.

When the student is ready the teacher will appear.

Make preparations in advance ... you never have trouble if you are prepared for it.

Not being tense but ready. Not thinking but not dreaming. Not being set but flexible. Liberation from the uneasy sense of confinement. It is being wholly and quietly alive, aware and alert, ready for whatever may come.