Preparation Quotes
Please, a definition: A hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action.
Ralph Ellison (2010). “Invisible Man”, p.38, Vintage
This life was not intended to be the place of our perfection, but the preparation for it.
Richard Baxter (1830). “The practical works of ... Richard Baxter, with a life of the author and a critical examination of his writings by W. Orme”, p.254
A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.
Henrik Ibsen (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henrik Ibsen (Illustrated)”, p.2145, Delphi Classics
Aesop (1947). “The Fables of AEsop”, Ann Arbor [Mich.] : University Microfilms
Amerigo Vespucci (1992). “Letters of the Four Voyages to the New World”
Conservatism... offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.
'Coningsby' (1844) bk. 2, ch. 5
Robert A. Heinlein (2005). “Have Space Suit, Will Travel”, p.12, Simon and Schuster
Success is the power to acquire whatever one demands of life without violating the rights of others.