PREPARATION QUOTES II
quotations about preparation
In effect, if the preparation is for any eventuality, the preparation is also for an irrelevant eventuality. Unknown goals, irrelevant preparation and irrelevant consequences are characteristics of being ready for anything and everything.
ROY A. MOXLEY, JR.
"Specifying Behavioral Objectives", Performance Objectives in Education
In all things success depends on previous preparation, and without such previous preparation there is sure to be failure.
CONFUCIUS
The Doctrine of the Mean
Be prepared.
ROBERT BADEN-POWELL
Boy Scout motto, Scouting for Boys
Being prepared is not about the typical day, it is about the exceptionally bad day.
ARTHUR T. BRADLEY
Disaster Preparedness Handbook
Being prepared is about anticipating what comes next and getting ready for it. If there is a barrier to the next step or some action that needs to happen, it's you who has to make sure it does.
TONY REA
What They Don't Teach You in Sales School
Why not seize pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!
JANE AUSTEN
Emma
Leaders don't venture without vision. They don't pray without plans. They don't climb without clues. They are always prepared.
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR
Leaders' Ladder
We are only the beginning of humanity, the larval stage, the species preparing for its discovery of what intelligence is for. We will survive and develop, each crest a little higher than the one before.
GEORGE TURNER
Drowning Towers
In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.
LOUIS PASTEUR
lecture at the University of Lille, December 7, 1854
Without clear, attainable preparedness goals, it is difficult to make progress in any arena.
TILLIE K. FOWLER
Preparedness Against Terrorist Attacks
A soldier who makes too much preparation for defeat, is half defeated before the action.
ADMIRAL FARRAGUT
attributed, Day's Collacon
Preparedness is a continuous process The development of a written plan at a specific point in time is only a small part of the total process. Thus it is a serious mistake to assume that preparedness is complete when a written document has been produced. Plans need to be kept up-to-date, and changed to meet new conditions and requirements. A totally out-of-date plan may be worse than no plan at all if time is wasted trying to put it to work.
DENNIS PARKER & JOHN HANDMER
Hazard Management and Emergency Planning: Perspectives in Britain
Scientific research was much like prospecting: you went out and you hunted, armed with your maps and your instruments, but in the end your preparations did not matter, or even your intuition. You needed your luck, and whatever benefits accrued to the diligent, through sheer, grinding hard work.
MICHAEL CRICHTON
The Andromeda Strain
Being prepared is the key to success and if your aim is achievable, recordable, measurable and sustainable then you are on the right track for permanent results.
WAYNE LAMBERT
Exercise Your Whole Body at Home
Really solid preparation is what enables you to do work that is good enough to meet even the most rigorous standards.
MARK LAMENDOLA
"How Good is Good Enough?", EC&M, May 20, 2016
Being prepared is the best way to avoid panic. Being ready for anything will help you to stay calm, sum up the situation quickly, and proceed with more efficient, capable action.
NADINE SAUBERS & JOHN DREHOBL
The Everything First Aid Book
Sadly ... in a world where nothing is sacred, being prepared is everything.
STEPHANIE BERGMANN
"Wichita churches being trained in security measures", KSN-TV, April 28, 2016
You don't get lucky without preparation, and there's no sense in being prepared if you're not open to the possibility of a glorious accident.
TWYLA THARP
The Creative Habit
Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.
ZIG ZIGLAR
attributed, Trigger Events
There is always a part of my mind that is preparing for the worst, and another part of my mind that believes if I prepare enough for it, the worst won't happen.
KAY REDFIELD JAMISON
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness