Preparation Quotes - Page 19

• India is decidedly not anything that was part of my upbringing or part of my experience or part of my preparation. I really fell into it the way one should fall into it, you know - through love.

  Clark Blaise

  Fall, India, Way

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• I abhor unjust war. I abhor injustice and bullying by the strong at the expense of the weak, whether among nations or individuals. I abhor violence and bloodshed. I believe that war should never be resorted to when, or so long as, it is honorably possible to avoid it. I respect all men and women who from high motives and with sanity and self-respect do all they can to avert war. I advocate preparation for war in order to avert war; and I should never advocate war unless it were the only alternative to dishonor.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Bullying, Strong, War

  Theodore Roosevelt (1899). “The Rough Riders: An Autobiography”, p.461, Library of America

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• I was an outsider, never quite part of what was going on, always looking in. It turned out to be great preparation for writing fiction.

  Hallie Ephron

  Writing, Fiction, Never Quit

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• We have a double standard, which is to say, a man can show how much he cares by being violent-see, he's jealous, he cares-a woman shows how much she cares by how much she's willing to be hurt; by how much she will take; how much she will endure; how suicidal she's prepared to be.

  Andrea Dworkin

  Hurt, Suicidal, Jealous

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• Coaching is preparation.

  Pete Carril

  Basketball, Coaching, Basketball Coaching

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• Everyone wants to win, but not everyone is willing to prepare to win.

  Bobby Knight

  Basketball, Motivational Sports, Winning

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• 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.

  Lewis Sperry Chafer

  Children, Silence, Waiting

  Lewis Sperry Chafer (1944). “True Evangelism: Or Winning Souls By Prayer”, p.76, Moody Publishers

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• The only thing that endures over time is the 'Law of the Farm.' You must prepare the ground, plant the seed, cultivate, and water if you expect to reap the harvest.

  Stephen Covey

  Time, Garden, Law

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• If you are going to be a champion, you must be willing to pay a greater price.

  Bud Wilkinson

  Inspirational, Sports, Champion

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• In training everyone focuses on 90% physical and 10% mental, but in the races its 90% mental because there's very little that separates us physically at the elite level

  Elka Graham

  Motivational, Sports, Athlete

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• I am not going to allow myself not to perform well just because I don't feel well. I am bulletproof to the extent that a lot of things can be thrown at me, but it's about how much I am prepared to let them affect me

  Ian Thorpe

  Motivational, Sports, Swimming

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• Erase from your mind that your preparation must be perfect. Hard work + dedication = a shot at your dreams. Keep believing.

  Kara Goucher

  Running, Dream, Believe

  FaceBook post by Kara Goucher from Aug 01, 2013

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• Luck is opportunity met by preparation - and to be prepared or unprepared is a personal choice.

  Neal Boortz

  Opportunity, Choices, Luck

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• Luck, that's when preparation and opportunity meet.

  Pierre Trudeau

  Good Luck, Opportunity, Fda

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• Despite our preparation, indeed, despite our age, [the death of a parent] dislodges things deep in us, sets off reactions that surprise us and may cut free memories and feelings that we thought had gone to ground long ago. We might, in that indeterminate period they call mourning, be in a submarine, silent on the ocean's bed, aware of the depth charges, now near and now far, buffeting us with recollections.

  Joan Didion

  Memories, Ocean, Cutting

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• In the beginning of his human life man was embryonic in the world of the matrix. There he received capacity and endowment for the reality of human existence. The forces and powers necessary for this world were bestowed upon him in that limited condition. In this world he needed eyes; he received them potentially in the other. He needed ears; he obtained them there in readiness and preparation for his new existence. The powers requisite in this world were conferred upon him in the world of the matrix.

  Abdu'l-Bahá

  Book, Eye, Reality

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• The temple is a sacred edifice, a holy place, where essential saving ceremonies and ordinances are performed to prepare us for exaltation. It is important that we gain a sure knowledge that our preparation to enter the holy house and that our participation in these ceremonies and covenants are some of the most significant events we will experience in our mortal lives.

  Robert D. Hales

  Blessing, House, Important

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• When you get to that level, it's not a matter of talent anymore - because all the players are so talented - it's about preparation, about playing smart and making good decisions. If I don't believe it, then they don't need me on the court. I've just got to believe that in my heart.

  Allen Iverson

  Basketball, Smart, Believe

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• When you get to that level, it's not a matter of talent anymore - because all the players are so talented - it's about preparation, about playing smart and making good decisions.

  Hakeem Olajuwon

  Motivational, Basketball, Smart

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• There is no such thing as luck; there is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Badass, Luck, Adequate

  Robert A. Heinlein (2005). “Have Space Suit, Will Travel”, p.12, Simon and Schuster

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• Men never plan to be failures; they simply fail to plan to be successful

  William Arthur Ward

  Success, Inspiration, Men

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• Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living. Without some goals and some efforts to reach it, no man can live. Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.

  John Dewey

  Inspirational Life, Men, Goal

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• It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. Overnight success is a fallacy. It is preceded by a great deal of preparation. Ask any successful person how they came to this point in their lives, and they will have a story to tell.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational Life, Successful, Three

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• Man is born to live, not to prepare for life.

  Boris Pasternak

  Life, Journey, Men

  Doctor Zhivago ch. 9 (1958) (translation by Max Hayward and Manya Harari)

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• As I look back upon my life, I see that every part of it was a preparation for the next. The most trivial of incidents fits into the larger pattern like a mosaic in a preconceived design.

  Margaret Sanger

  Life, Design, Mosaics

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