Preparation Quotes - Page 34

• Preparation through education is less costly than learning through tragedy.

  Max Mayfield

  Survival, Tragedy, Preparedness

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• The object of our being placed upon this earth is that we may work out an exaltation, that we may prepare ourselves to go back and dwell with our Heavenly Father; and our Father, knowing the faults and failings of men has given us certain commandments to obey, and if we will examine those requirements and the things that devolve upon us we will find that they are all for our individual benefit and advancement. The school of life in which we are placed and the lessons that are given to us by our Father will make of us exactly what He desires, so that we may be prepared to dwell with Him.

  Heber J. Grant

  Life, Father, School

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• Early success is a terrible teacher. You're essentially being rewarded for a lack of preparation, so when you find yourself in a situation where you must prepare, you can't do it. You don't know how.

  Chris Hadfield

  Teacher, Finding Yourself, Terrible

  Chris Hadfield (2013). “An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth”, p.68, Pan Macmillan

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• The workman mindful of success, therefore, will naturally direct his attention to the faultless preparation of his stock, and in order to achieve this result, he will find it necessary not merely to make use of the freshest and finest goods, but also to exercise the most scrupulous care in their preparation, for, in cooking, care is half the battle.

  Auguste Escoffier

  Exercise, Order, Cooking

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• Death is the real inspiring genius or Musagetes of philosophy, and for this reason Socrates defined philosophy as thanatou mélétè (preparation for death; Plato, Phaedo, 81a). Indeed, without death there would hardly have been any philosophizing.

  Luce Irigaray

  Plato, Philosophy, Real

  Luce Irigaray (2002). “Between East and West: From Singularity to Community”, p.27, Columbia University Press

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• The philosophy of poetry must acknowledge that the poetic act has no past, at least no recent past, in which its preparation and appearance could be followed.

  Gaston Bachelard

  Philosophy, Past, Poetic

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• My monochrome pictures are not my definite works, but the preparation for my works. They are the leftovers from the creative processes, the ashes. My pictures, after all, are only the title-deeds to my property which I have to produce when I am asked to prove that I am a proprietor.

  Yves Klein

  Creative, Titles, Ashes

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• Creating a top team and being in a position to win the Tour de France will give me a nice feeling. But I know it is not easy to create a top team from zero. You need good riders, good staff, a lot of preparation and, most important, a lot of sponsors.

  Fernando Alonso

  Zero, Nice, Team

  "Fernando Alonso: 'My father was right – Ferrari gives you a special feeling'". www.theguardian.com. February 23, 2010.

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• Our enemy is not lack of preparation; it’s not the difficulty of the project or the state of the marketplace or the emptiness of our bank account. The enemy is our chattering brain, which, if we give it so much as a nanosecond, will start producing excuses, alibis, transparent self-justifications and a million reasons why we can’t/shouldn’t/won’t do what we know we need to do.

  Steven Pressfield

  Self, Giving, Brain

  "Do the Work: Overcome Resistance and Get Out of Your Own Way". Book by Steven Pressfield, 2011.

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• Don't prepare. Begin. Our enemy is not lack of preparation. The enemy is resistance, our chattering brain producing excuses. Start before you are ready.

  Steven Pressfield

  Brain, Enemy, Resistance

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• Mapping out dozens of deeply focused trips around the world has convinced me that preparation no more spoils the chance for spontaneity and serendipity than discipline ruins the opportunity for genuine self-expression in sports, acting, or the tea ceremony.

  Phil Cousineau

  Sports, Opportunity, Self

  Phil Cousineau (2012). “The Art of Pilgrimage: The Seeker's Guide to Making Travel Sacred”, p.71, Conari Press

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• Months of preparation, one of those few opportunities, and the judgment of a split second are what makes some pilot an ace, while others think back on what they could have done.

  Pappy Boyington

  Opportunity, Thinking, Done

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• The egg of a bird hatches only when the chick within is ready

  Liam Williams

  Eggs, Bird, Peer Pressure

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• The novice in the military art flew from point to point, retarding his own preparations by the excess of his violent and somewhat distempered zeal; while the more practiced veteran made his arrangements with a deliberation that scorned every appearance of haste

  James F. Cooper

  Art, Military, Haste

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• Mathematical discoveries, small or great are never born of spontaneous generation They always presuppose a soil seeded with preliminary knowledge and well prepared by labour, both conscious and subconscious.

  Henri Poincare

  Math, Discovery, Soil

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• If you really want to be world class - to be the best you can be - it comes down to preparation and practice.

  Robin Sharma

  Practice, Class, World

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• Be conscious first of thyself within, then think and act. All living thought is a world in preparation; all real act is a thought manifested. The material world exists because an idea began to play in divine self–consciousness.

  Sri Aurobindo

  Real, Thinking, Self

  Aurobindo Ghose, Sri Aurobindo (1989). “The Supramental Manifestation, and Other Writings”, Lotus Press (WI)

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• When will we learn that childhood is in a great sense not simply a preparation for adult life but a thing unique and complete in itself—a masterpiece of God.

  Carl Schmitt

  Unique, Childhood, Adults

  Carl Schmitt, Samuel Armstrong Schmitt (2012). “Carl Schmitt: The Vision of Beauty”, p.98, Scepter Publishers

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• But to me the bottom line is the more education you can give yourself, and the more preparation you can do, the less chance of failing.

  Stuart Pearce

  Giving, Lines, Chance

  "Past masters learn how to save a sinking football club", www.theguardian.com. June 7, 2004.

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• Winning is what happens when commitment, desire, talent, preparation, hard work, and leadership all come together.

  Tom Coughlin

  Hard Work, Commitment, Winning

  Tom Coughlin, David Fisher (2013). “Earn the Right to Win: How Success in Any Field Starts with Superior Preparation”, p.16, Penguin

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• In preparation for it, we need to have folks who are trained, we need facilities, equipment and supplies, that are going to be built into our society, and we are going to spend a lot of money on it.

  Major Owens

  Needs, Our Society, Equipment

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• Man is created to be God's deputy on earth and it is important to realize the obligation to rid ourselves of all illusions and to make our lives a preparation for the next life.

  Cat Stevens

  Men, Important, Earth

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• After there is great trouble among mankind, a greater one is prepared. The great mover of the universe will renew time, rain, blood, thirst, famine, steel weapons and disease. In the heavens, a fire seen

  Nostradamus

  Time, Rain, Fire

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• If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.

  Bear Bryant

  Winning, Ifs

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• Most of the time each person is immersed in the details of one special part of the whole and does not think of how what they are doing relates to the larger picture. For example, in education, a teacher might say in the next class he was going to "explain Young's modulus and how to measure it," rather than, "I am going to educate the students and prepare them for their future careers".

  Richard Hamming

  Teacher, Thinking, Careers

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