#Preparation Quotes

“Be still prepared for death: and death or life shall thereby be the sweeter.”

“From camp to camp, through the foul womb of night,The hum of either army stilly sounds,That the fixed sentinels almost receiveThe secret whispers of each other's watch.Fire answers fire, and through their play flamesEach battle sees the other's umbered face.Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighsPiercing the night's dull ear; and from the tentsThe armorers accomplishing the knights,With busy hammers closing rivets up,Give dreadful note of preparation.”

“To fear the worst oft cures the worst.”

“Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs Piercing the night's dull ear; and from the tents The armorers accomplishing the knights, With busy hammers closing rivets up, Give dreadful note of preparation.”

“By how much unexpected, by so muchWe must awake endeavour for defence;For courage mounteth with occasion.”

“Give them great meals of beef and iron and steel, they will eat like wolves and fight like devils.”

“If you want me to speak for two minutes, it will take me three weeks of preparation. If you want me to speak for thirty minutes, it will take me a week to prepare. If you want me to speak for an hour, I am ready now.”

“There is in the act of preparing, the moment you start caring.”

“In Winter the bare boughs that seem to sleep Work covertly, preparing for their Spring.”

“I have found in my experience of war, that plans are useless, but planning is invaluable.”

“Plans are of little importance, but planning is essential.”

“It's true, spectacular preparation always precedes spectacular performance.”

“My core philosophy on winning and motivation is summed up by saying that you were born to win, but in order to be the winner you were born to be, you have to plan to win and prepare to win before you can expect to win.”

“He who fails to plan is planning to fail.”

“Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.”

“You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.”

“I'm going to make a long speech because I've not had the time to prepare a short one.”

“When you plan and prepare carefully, you can legitimately expect to have success in your efforts. An optimistic, positive mind is far more likely to come up with creative solutions than a mind that dwells on setbacks and difficulties. Bottom line: expect success and you can achieve it!”

“When you stop planning and preparing . . . you stop winning.”

“Preparation is - if not the key to genius - then at least the key to sounding like a genius.”

“Wilson was once asked how long it took him to write a speech. He answered, 'That depends. If I am to speak 10 minutes, I need a week for preparation. If 15 minutes, 3 days. If half hour, two days. If an hour, I am ready now.'”

“Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation”

“It is not an army that we must train for war; it is a nation.”

“Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.”

“Those who plan do better than those who do not plan, even should they rarely stick to their plan.”

“Plans are worthless. Planning is priceless.”

“The Noah rule: Predicting rain doesn't count; building arks does.”

“As a player, you have one responsibility, to focus yourself and be ready for the game. As a coach, your responsibility is to get 20 guys ready and have them all on the same page. If you can't get every guy ready every night, you're going to struggle.”

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

“While prudence will endeavor to avoid this issue of war, bravery will prepare to meet it.”

“We win our games in practice. We learn and follow the fundamentals of our game better than anyone in the league. All of our games are won in practice.”

“People are rewarded in public for what the practice for years in private.”

“It's what you practice in private that you will be rewarded for in public.”

“Preparedness is the ultimate confidence builder.”

“If you are five minutes early, you are already ten minutes late.”

“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.”

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

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

“Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.”

“Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.”

“An athlete may run ten thousand miles in order to prepare for one hundred yards. Quantity gives experience.”

“It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. Overnight success is a fallacy. It is preceded by a great deal of preparation. Ask any successful person how they came to this point in their lives, and they will have a story to tell.”

“Fill yourselves first and then only will you be able to give to others.”

“Spontaneity is a meticulously prepared art”

“We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we will always be free.”

“It looked as if a night of dark intent was coming, and not only a night, an age. Someone had better be prepared for rage.”

“Spontaneity is an infinite number of rehearsed possibilities.”

“Prepare far enough in advance, and just about anything is possible.”

“The relevant question is not simply what shall we do tomorrow, but rather what shall we do today in order to get ready for tomorrow.”

“I believe that you tend to create your own blessings. You have to prepare yourself so that when opportunity comes, you're ready.”