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.

Plan for what it is difficult while it is easy, do what is great while it is small.

They stepped up and showed me a lot today, just in preparation for next season.

yes” to every invitation, event and call, you will come back to meet you plans on the paper in the same state you left them.

Even seasonal situations can bring with them lessons that last a lifetime. If the love doesn’t last, it prepares you for the one that will.

When the noise is gone, and the air is still . . .prepare for survival.

We watched Miracle over and over. Also, we skated a lot in preparation.

Clearly outline your plans, acknowledge God and he will direct them for you. If you can have it planned, you can achieve it; if you have it planned big, you will achieve it big. Make...

You were never born with a silver spoon in your mouth. Don’t think that way. You were born with a diamond spoon in your palm. Carry it by your own hand. Now, feed yourself

The guys have worked very, very hard. The preparation from Adelaide has been an unbelievable workload.

I’m happy about the way I played this week. It is an excellent preparation for the upcoming tournaments held on clay and also for next week’s Fed Cup tie.

Preparation doesn’t assures victory, it assures confidence.

Preparation is the key to leadership success. The more prepared you are the less your struggle to make it happen and the more your effectiveness!

We’ve got a lot of preparation to do,

Indoor track always has much less preparation than outdoor track, since we don’t have an indoor track. The first week of the season we trained on the track outside, but then it got covered by...

Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability…. We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.

hope for the best, prepare for the worst

Be prepared before you begin. You save yourself from delay if you are fully prepared. Preparation sets you for excellence.

What we are waiting for is not as important as what happens to us while we are waiting. Trust the process.

We’ve been asked much more about, ‘What’s your preparation?’ ‘How’s your backhand doing?’

Always give your resume of good deeds when you run into someone that you wronged many years ago. They simply need to know today’s version of you, before they judge you on yesterday’s news.