Preparedness Quotes

• The great test of life is to see whether we will hearken to and obey God's commands in the midst of the storms of life.

  Henry B. Eyring

  Religious, Self Reliance, Storm

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• We cannot stop natural disasters but we can arm ourselves with knowledge: so many lives wouldn't have to be lost if there was enough disaster preparedness.

  Petra Nemcova

  Arms, Enough, Natural

  "How supermodel Petra Nemcova's tragedy changed children's lives" by Hermione Hoby, www.theguardian.com. March 12, 2011.

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• Preparedness, when properly pursued, is a way of life, not a sudden, spectacular program.

  Spencer W. Kimball

  Survival, Way, Program

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• Plan ahead: It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark.

  Richard Cushing

  Inspirational, Rain, Planning Ahead

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• Many more people could ride out the storm-tossed waves in their economic lives if they had their year's supply of food…and were debt-free. Today we find that many have followed this counsel in reverse: they have at least a year's supply of debt and are food-free.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Religious, Debt Free, Years

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• By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Motivational, Softball

  Benjamin Franklin, The Secret Libraries (2016). “Benjamin Franklin Quotes... Vol. 23: Motivational and Inspirational Life Quotes by Benjamin Franklin”

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• If you are confident you have done everything possible to prepare yourself, then there is nothing to fear.

  Michael Jordan

  Basketball, Confidence, Inspirational Sports

  Michael Jordan (2005). “Driven from Within”, p.163, Simon and Schuster

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• Chance favors the prepared mind.

  Louis Pasteur

  Inspirational, Softball, Sports

  Lecture, University of Lille, December 7б 1854.

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• The time will come that gold will hold no comparison in value to a bushel of wheat.

  Brigham Young

  Religious, Self Reliance, Gold

  Brigham Young (1855). “Journal of Discourses”, p.250

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

  Max Mayfield

  Preparation, Survival, Tragedy

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• The best possible preparation for the future is a well lived present.

  George H. Brimhall

  Life, Future, Preparation

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• The counsel to have a year's supply of basic food, clothing, and commodities was given fifty years ago and has been repeated many times since. Every father and mother are the family's store keepers. They should store whatever their own family would like to have in the case of an emergency...store a year's supply...that might keep us form starving in case of emergency.

  James E. Faust

  Mother, Religious, Father

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• Circumstances can force your hand. So think ahead!

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Thinking, Hands, Disaster

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.227, Penguin

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• It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark.

  Howard Ruff

  Inspirational, Monday, Time

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• Preparedness is the key to success and victory.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Keys, Victory, Key To Success

  Douglas MacArthur, Edward T. Imparato (2001). “General MacArthur: Wisdom and Visions”, p.153, Turner Publishing Company

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• Too often we bask in our comfortable complacency and rationalize that the ravages of war, economic disaster, famine, and earth quake cannot happen here. Those who believe this are either not acquainted with the revelations of the Lord, or they do not believe them. Those who smugly think these calamities will not happen, that they will somehow be set aside because of the righteousness of the Saints, are deceived and will rue the day they harbored such a delusion.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Religious, War, Believe

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

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• As we have been continuously counseled for more than 60 years, let us have some food set aside that would sustain us for a time in case of need. But let us not panic nor go to extremes. Let us be prudent in every respect. And, above all, my brothers and sisters, let us move forward with faith in the Living God and His Beloved Son.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Religious, Brother, Moving

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• We want you to be ready with your personal storehouses filled with at least a year's supply. You don't argue why it cannot be done; you just plan to organize and get it done.

  Spencer W. Kimball

  Religious, Years, Self Reliance

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• The best place to have some food set aside is within our homes, together with a little money in savings. The best welfare program is our own welfare program. Five or six cans of wheat in the home are better than a bushel in the welfare granary. ... We can begin with a one week's food supply and gradually build it to a month, and then to three months. I am speaking now of food to cover basic needs.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Religious, Home, Welfare Programs

  "To Men of the Priesthood". General Conference, www.lds.org. October 2002.

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• You must be prepared to work always without applause.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Appreciation, Work, Novelists

  Ernest Hemingway (2014). “The Hemingway Collection”, p.1053, Simon and Schuster

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• We feel the need to emphasize with greater clarity the obligation for members of the Church to become more independent and self reliant.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Religious, Independent, Self

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• The Lord has warned and forewarned us against a day of great tribulation and given us counsel, through His Servants, on how we can be prepared for these difficult times. Have we heeded His counsel?

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Religious, Self Reliance, Difficult Times

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

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• Everyone who owns a home recognizes the need for fire insurance. We hope and pray that there will never be a fire. Nevertheless, we pay for insurance to cover such a catastrophe, should it occur. We ought to do the same with reference to family welfare.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Religious, Home, Fire

  "To Men of the Priesthood". General Conference, www.lds.org. October 2002.

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• No man is truly free who is in financial bondage. 'Think what you do when you run in debt', said Benjamin Franklin, 'you give another power over your liberty.'

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Running, Religious, Men

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

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• Recent surveys of Church members have shown a serious erosion in the number of families who have a year's supply of life's necessities. Most members plan to do it. Too few have begun... It is our sacred duty to care for our families, including our extended families.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Religious, Erosion, Years

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