Preparation Quotes - Page 6

When the time for decision arrives, the time for preparation is past.

Humble words and increased preparations are signs that the enemy is about to advance. Violent language and driving forward as if to the attack are signs that he will retreat.

Education is no longer thought of as a preparation for adult life, but as a continuing process of growth and development from birth until death.

We are never prepared for what we expect.

Stretching was a major part of my preparation.

I have every confidence in the ultimate success of our joint cause; but success in modern war requires something more than courage and a willingness to die: it requires careful preparation.

A lot of my intensity in wrestling was due to my mental preparation before the matches. I got myself into a different world.

Life must be a preparation for the transition to another dimension.

In business or in football, it takes a lot of unspectacular preparation to produce spectacular results.

The purpose of training is to tighten up the slack, toughen the body, and polish the spirit.

Failure to prepare is preparing to fail.

Perfect preparation doesn’t exist. Excellent adaptation does.

Disclaimer: If anyone disagrees with anything I say, I am quite prepared to not only retract it, but also to deny under oath I ever said it.

Don't prepare. Begin. Our enemy is not lack of preparation. The enemy is resistance, our chattering brain producing excuses. Start before you are ready.

The idea of beauty does not descend into matter unless this is prepared as carefully as possible. This preparation consists of three things: arrangement, measure, and aspect or form.

Week after week, the heads of Red Army Intelligence received updates on the Wehrmacht's preparations.

Hamlet and Victor Frankenstein are each obsessed with death. Hamlet's whole story is a philosophical preparation for death; Victor's is an intellectual refusal to accept it.

We can't ignore the fact that ahead of us is a great war and this war is going to need significant preparation.

Men may be spoiled by education, even as they are spoiled by illiteracy. Education is the preparation of the mind for future work, hence men should be educated with special reference to the work.

The Lord is in control. He knows the end from the beginning. He has given us adequate instruction that, if followed, will see us safely through any crisis. His purposes will be fulfilled, and someday we will understand the eternal reasons for all of these events. Therefore, today we must be careful to not overreact, nor should we be caught up in extreme preparations, but what we must do is keep the commandments of God and never loose hope!

I hunt deer because I love the entire process; the preparation, the excitement, and sustained suspense of trying to match my woods lore against the finely honed instincts of these creatures.

My monochrome pictures are not my definite works, but the preparation for my works. They are the leftovers from the creative processes, the ashes. My pictures, after all, are only the title-deeds to my property which I have to produce when I am asked to prove that I am a proprietor.

Planning is bringing the future into the present.

Achievement is talent plus preparation

Sometimes we have the dream but we are not ourselves ready for the dream. We have to grow to meet it.