Quotes about Readiness

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

The worst thing that can happen to a man or a woman, is for them to succeed before they are ready.

I will do today what I can do to enable me to do tomorrow what I can't do today.

God will not permit all men to enter heaven; those who are his own he will receive with all readiness.

Sometimes we yearn for God to crack open a receptive door to share our faith. We scramble to grab an opportunity that never seems to come. Other times God swings open a door so quickly we're too stunned to walk through it!

Am I prepared for His coming? Jesus cannot come and do His work in me as long as there is anything blocking the way, whether it is something good or bad. When He comes to me, am I prepared for Him to drag every wrong thing I have ever done into the light?

We have learnt, rather too late, that action comes, not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.

When led of the Spirit, the child of God must be as ready to wait as to go, as prepared to be silent as to speak.

You wait until you're ready, you'll be waiting the rest of your life. You'll never find perfect conditions, and you'll never be ready. My mantra? If you get a green light from God—go, set, ready!

Purge. Prepare. Perfect.

Live as if you thought that Christ might come at any time.

If thou hadst a good conscience thou wouldst not greatly fear death. It were better for thee to watch against sin, than to fly from death. If to-day thou art not ready, how shalt thou be ready to-morrow? To-morrow is an uncertain day; and how knowest thou that thou shalt have a to-morrow?