Quotes about Preparation

Which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn't first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it? Luke 14:28

God's Word doesn't imply that we are to make ourselves ready merely for the wedding but for the Groom.

Let us be glad, rejoice, and give Him glory, because the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has prepared herself. Revelation 19:7

The marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has prepared herself. Revelation 19:7

Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, remove every obstacle from My people's way. Isaiah 57:14

Time by itself does nothing but grow us old. It's what we do with time that makes all the difference. We often say, "Time heals," yet I've known just as many that time embittered. Only God heals. Only God restores. Only God effectively prepares, teaches, equips, and matures. But you can count on Him to use the test tube of time in which to accomplish it.

If yesterday's wimp is going to become tomorrow's warrior, something has to happen today.

What has never come into a man's heart is what God has prepared for those who love Him. 1 Corinthians 2:9

I think we build resilience to prepare for whatever adversity we'll face. And we all face some adversity - we're all living some form of Option B.

He knows that any job, whether it's a novel or a kitchen remodel, takes twice as long as he thinks and costs twice as much. He accepts that. He recognizes it as reality.

The professional is prepared at a deeper level. He is prepared, each day, to confront his own self-sabotage.

The role of the officer, in my experience, is nothing grander than to stand sentinel over himself and his men, towards the end of keeping them from forgetting who they are and what their objective is, how to get there, and what equipment they're supposed to have when they arrive.