Quotes about Preparation
You've got to be before you can do and do before you can have.
— Zig Ziglar
A solider always assumes that he is going to shoot, not to be shot.
— George Bernard Shaw
If I got places, sir, it was because I made myself fit for 'em. If you want to slip into a round hole, you must first make a ball of yourself; that's where it is.
— George Eliot
We prepare ourselves for sudden deeds by the reiterated choice of good or evil which gradually determines character.
— George Eliot
Every great summer party starts with a list. Throwing something together chaotically ends up being more work than taking 15 minutes to make a plan first.
— Katie Lee
I don't want to get good at throwing off schedule because I don't want to be off schedule. I want to have my protections to be solid, I want to be in the right play, and I want to get the ball out of my hands as quick as possible.
— Josh Rosen
To neglect at any time preparation for death is to sleep on our post at a siege; to omit it in old age is to sleep at an attack.
— Samuel Johnson
It's always good to get a smaller tournament under your belt so that by the time you get to the Slams, you have a lot of experience.
— Serena Williams
The time will come to every human being when it must be known how well he can bear to die.
— Samuel Johnson
There will be occasions in each of our lives when we will be called upon to explain or to defend our beliefs. When the time for performance arrives, the time for preparation is past.
— Thomas Monson
I mean, a lot of time rehearsals are taken up with other things other than preparing a character.
— John Malkovich
He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young.
— Joseph Addison