All countries should immediately now activate their pandemic preparedness plans. Countries should remain on high alert for unusual outbreaks of influenza-like illness and severe pneumonia.

All countries should immediately now activate their pandemic preparedness plans

Wait awhile, and everything will change.”~’Griblich

Everyone deserves the chance to survive. I think of this every time I see another disaster. There are probably people dying who don’t have to.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

People were always getting ready for tomorrow. I didn’t believe in that. Tomorrow wasn’t getting ready for them. It didn’t even know they were there.

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.

I carry a shower curtain folded up neatly in my wallet, because you never know when you’ll never know.

Don’t hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!

You can’t prepare for the details of every single possible thing that might come your way in the future, because the future is uncertain.

There’s bacon in my bed. Extra crispy, like the fresh dollar bills stuffed in the mattress. I make love like I make sure I’m prepared for the next financial crisis.

Opportunity doesn’t make appointments, you have to be ready when it arrives.

If you have a deep desire to move forward, a way is being prepared for you.

pulling a great substance from a higher height whilst leaning on a slippery ground with the mentality of having the substance whilst standing is a thought of fantasy. You may only result in falling with...

there’s no harm in hoping for the best as long as you’re prepared for the worst.

Preparation doesn’t assures victory, it assures confidence.

Every action in the present prepare us for the future.

All things are ready, if our mind be so.

Over the years, Americans in particular have been all too willing to squander their hard-earned independence and freedom for the illusion of feeling safe under someone else’s authority. The concept of self-sufficiency has been undermined...

Chance favours the prepared mind.

I cannot have chaos erupting around me until I am prepared for it. I am a collector. I am an observer. I don’t participate. My resources, and my standing, must be secure before I can...

It usually takes me two or three days to prepare an impromptu speech.

My love for you would blot out the sun like a cloud made out of yogurt. I hope you brought a spoon.

Why is it that at the very moment I need to appear graceful I stumble and fall like a klutz, as though this scene had never played through my mind differently a million times?

Your responsibility to be ready for the fight, never ends.

Private-sector preparedness is not a luxury; it is a cost of doing business in the post-9/11 world. It is ignored at a tremendous potential cost in lives, money and national security.

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...