Quotes about Preparation

I wish I could shut up like a telescope! I think I could, if I only knew how to begin.

I am one of those who should first connect with coffee and then the Holy Spirit before I go public.

Self-emptiness prepares us for spiritual fullness.

God prepares leaders with a specific place and task in mind. Training methods are adapted to the mission, and natural and spiritual gifts are given with clear purpose.

Sunday, if I'm lucky, I'll go to church or listen to some good spiritual advice on the television or on the radio. I take three or four baths to try to cleanse myself, so I'm fresh for Monday.

Good luck is opportunity meeting preparedness.

I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.

I run on the road long before I dance under the lights.

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.

To arm is to give one's voice and make one's preparations, not for peace but for war.

It's ironic that we rush through being "single" as if it's some disease or malady to get rid of or overcome. The truth is, most likely, one day you will meet someone and it will be gone. And once it's gone, it's really gone! Why does no one tell us how important it is to enjoy being single and being by yourself? That time is defining and amazing and nothing to "sure". It is being alone that will actually set you up the best for being with someone else.

Life is a series of changes—a process of going from the old to the new—from chronos to kairos. Growth, change, revival—all are processes. Life is connected. Not understanding this, we tend to despise the chronos times of preparing, sowing, believing and persevering. Our preference is to always live in the kairos times of fresh and strategic opportunities.