Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing. I have only begun to...

Traveling can never be taken for granted, no matter how meticulous the preparations.

Don’t rush in order to have things done early. Be prepared before you set off. That’s the rule. However, this does not mean that you keep delaying the time for beginning. You must begin by...

We can restore at a sector/track level without any preparation, and restore the specified amount of data, as long as the BIOS can see the hard drive.

This is no random attack. This is the result of months of preparation by Sudanese officials and coordination with militias.

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

Every great building once begun as a building plan. That means, sitting in that building plan on the table is a mighty structure not yet seen. It is the same with dreams.

Why not seize the pleasure at once? — How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!

Before you speak… I have already heard. Before you see… I had seen a million times. Before you reach… I came and departed, so is the way and life of a versatile soul.

Worrying paralyzes progress; prayer, preparation and persistence ensures it.

Like all the other territories, Jamaica is well behind in its preparation and there is a lot of work to be done.

Fight the good fight of faith; ignore all callings of doubt regardless of how loud they sound. Arm yourself always against disappointments by planning and preparing very well.

We should live our lives as though Christ was coming this afternoon.

There is always a part of my mind that is preparing for the worst, and another part of my mind that believes if I prepare enough for it, the worst won’t happen.

Remember, action today can prevent a crisis tomorrow.

The storm is coming whether you’re aware of it or not, and whether you’re prepared for it or not. Thank God you have a man like me in your life, a man with a variety...

Prior preparation is Success divided by half. Once you have fully prepared, every hand glove that obstacles wear to pull you away from reaching your destination will become slippery!

The death of a parent, he wrote, ‘despite our preparation, indeed, despite our age, dislodges things deep in us, sets off reactions that surprise us and that may cut free memories and feelings that we...

Preparation breeds professionalism, and professionalism enhances leadership competencies.

A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind.

No matter how potent your talents are, they remain to be out of use until you take time to develop them to their optimum level. This calls for preparation. Through preparation, personal branding, consistent exposure...

When the evening comes, prepare yourself for the morrow ~Donald Pillai

Our past is the forge upon which we are hardened and tempered, to prepare us for the present. We are like a fine blade that must be hammered into shape before it can be ready...

If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he...

If you are going to devote your time to do something you claim you love, take this thought; “am I ready now? When can I begin and have it done without giving up?” This is...

One assumes that this is preparation to make Iran less vulnerable to outside pressures.

The preparation down here, you can’t beat it. In December when we’ve got hot conditions, you’re hitting hundreds of balls every day, doing a lot of hard work. I think I have a bit of...

You can’t predict the future, but you can plan for it

The surface of learning is hearing what your ears aren’t prepared to hear, and the core of learning is hearing what your ears don’t want to hear.

Why should we look to the past in order to prepare for the future? Because there is nowhere else to look.

It is not very often that an opportunity comes knocking. But when it does, you better be bathed and dressed and ready to answer its call.

The hardest work begins in dry dock.

Every race I run in is in preparation for the Indianapolis 500. Indy is the most important thing in my life. It is what I live for.

Plan the number of hours each day you’ll spend on your dreams, the kind of people you’ll love to connect with, the amount of capital you’ll want to invest and the sources of help you...

But, if you’ve decided to go out on a limb and kill one, for goodness’ sake, be prepared. We all read, with dismay, the sad story of a good woman wronged in south Mississippi who...

You never want to give up on a league title, but this game was more for preparation if we move on in the playoffs. We dropped to No. 12 in the last power ratings, we...

First organizing it on paper isn’t just academic, it’s an applied prerequisite for manifestation.

We really didn’t have much to look at in preparation for this match.

How strongly do you believe in what you want to do? How prepared are you live and die for it? You are not likely to succeed when you always doubt your capacity to reach higher...

The stretching of your faith is immediate pain that results in ultimate gain. It is in the waiting that we become who we are meant to be.

Preparation:allows you to prevent . . .the intensity of the ordeal.

If I have to choose between opportunity and preparation, I’d choose preparation, without it opportunity is useless.

Everything is coming together very well, and we expect another great ride this year. Our preparation has gone well, and fundraising is about $1 million ahead of where we were last year at this time.

A plan is the transport medium which conveys a person from the station of dreams to the destination of success. Goals are the transport fees.

In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.

For most of her life she just expected things would work out, that people would be kind. Now she recognized her good fortune for what it was. She’d been lucky in so much, it had...

After 40 (old age for most of man’s history), one should strive to be more or less packed and ready to go were the end call to come.

time spent making plans is time being wasted!” Leaders don’t think that way!

This idea comes to you, you can see it, but to accomplish it you need what I call a “setup.” For example, you may need a working shop or a working painting studio. You may...

engaged in hostile and war-like acts, including conduct in preparation for acts of international terrorism that had the aim to cause injury to or adverse effects on the United States.