Quotes about Preparation

A good death is a death in solidarity with others. To prepare ourselves for a good death, we must develop or deepen this sense of solidarity.

The most important job of an entrepreneur is to design the business before there is a business.

Whatever may happen to you was prepared for you from all eternity; and the implication of causes was from eternity spinning the thread of your being.

If you plan for the worst—if you can live with the worst—the good will always take care of itself.

Surely none are so mad as those who are content to live unprepared to die.

Surely none are so crazy as those who are content to live unprepared to die. Surely the unbelief of men is the most amazing thing in the world.

Mark well what I say. Do not overlook this, though all the rest be forgotten. I do not say that the statesman must throw up his office, and the rich man forsake his property. Let no one fancy that I mean this. But I say, if a man would be saved, whatever be his rank in life, he must be prepared for tribulation. He must make up his mind to choose much which seems evil, and to give up and refuse much which seems good.

Most men hope to go to heaven when they die; but few, it may be feared, take the trouble to consider whether they would enjoy heaven if they got there. Heaven is essentially a holy place; it's inhabitants are all holy; it's occupations are all holy.

We are all fast travelling toward a place where names and forms and Church-government will be nothing, and Christ will be all Let us get ready for that place betimes, by loving all who are in the way that leads to it.

This old world will soon break into pieces! Don't you hear the tremblings of it?

Expect the unexpected. Focus on what you can control and acknowledge what's out of your control.

I need to stay continually watchful, prepared with the whole armor of God if I want to combat the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.