Quotes about Preparation
You can determine the kind of life you will have in your 30s and 40s by what you do in your teens.
— Gordon Hinckley
We should live our lives as though Christ was coming this afternoon.
— Jimmy Carter
Most of life is just a preparation for getting ready to be dead for a very long period of time.
— William Faulkner
A thousand sorrows prepares a man to preach.
— John Piper
For the spiritual efficacy of the Sacrament doth not depend upon the nature of the thing received, supposing we received what our Lord appointed, and receive it with a right preparation and disposition of mind, but upon the supernatural blessing that goes along with it, and makes it effectual to those spiritual ends for which it was appointed.
— John Tillotson
Be true to yourself. Make each day your masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make friendship a fine art. Build a shelter against a rainy day. Pray for guidance and give thanks for your blessings every day.
— John Wooden
Never try to be better than someone else. Learn from others, and try to be the best you can be. Success is the by-product of that preparation.
— John Wooden
It is true, care should be taken to furnish the table with healthful food prepared in a wholesome and inviting manner. Do not think that anything you can carelessly throw together to serve as food is good enough for the children. But less time should be devoted to the preparation of unhealthful dishes for the table, to please a perverted taste, and more time to the education and training of the children.
— Ellen White
In order to be prepared for the judgment, it is necessary that men should keep the law of God.
— Ellen White
The Creator has prepared no place for the stagnating practice of indolence.
— Ellen White
The servants of Christ were to prepare no set speech to present when brought to trial. Their preparation was to be made day by day in treasuring up the precious truths of God's word, and through prayer strengthening their faith. When they were brought into trial, the Holy Spirit would bring to their remembrance the very truths that would be needed.
— Ellen White
The world for which you have been so carefully prepared is being taken away from you," he said, "by the grace of God.
— Barbara Brown Taylor