Quotes about Preparation
God has so ordained and governed the Christian church that the cross has been the preparation for victory, and death the way to life.
— John Calvin
The disposition of the heart is man's, but the preparation of the tongue is the Lord's." [Prov. 16:1, 9, conflated.] It is an absurd folly that miserable men take it upon themselves to act without God, when they cannot even speak except as he wills!
— John Calvin
Since I am coming to that holy room,Where, with thy choir of saints forevermore,I shall be made thy music; as I comeI tune the instrument here at the door,And what I must do then, think here before.
— John Donne
The longer our graduation lines are today, the shorter our unemployment lines will be tomorrow.
— George H. W. Bush
I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
— Winston Churchill
You get to a certain age where you prepare yourself for happiness. Sometimes you never remember to actually get happy.
— John Mayer
History is merely a list of surprises... It can only prepare us to be surprised yet again.
— Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home.
— Samuel Johnson
It is the beautiful task of Advent to awaken in all of us memories of goodness and thus to open doors of hope.
— Pope Benedict XVI
The word advent means "expectation." What advent can do for us is create a sense of hope.
— Louie Giglio
Heaven is not a figment of imagination. It is not a feeling or an emotion. It is not the "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere." It is a prepared place for a prepared people.
— David Jeremiah
Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.
— Confucius