Readiness Quotes

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

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Letters and Papers from Prison".

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• The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, Military, War

  Sun Tzu (2015). “The Art of War”, Booklassic

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• Through readiness and discipline, we are the masters of our fate.

  Bill Paxton

  Fate, Destiny, Discipline

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• Rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him

  Sun Tzu

  Art Of War, Enemy, Preparing For War

  Sun, Tzu (2015). “The Art of War”, p.103, Aegitas

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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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• On any given day, in any given moment, something could happen that opens up for you an entirely new path. Be still, be alert, be ready.

  Marianne Williamson

  New Beginnings, Path, Moments

  FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from Feb 23, 2011

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

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• Others control our opportunities, we control our readiness.

  Mark Millar

  Opportunity

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• The readiness is all.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Inspirational Life

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 5, sc. 2, l. [232]

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• It is a doctrine of war not to assume the enemy will not come, but rather to rely on one's readiness to meet him; not to presume that he will not attack, but rather to make one's self invincible.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Self

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• Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation.

  Bashar al-Assad

  Mean, Worry, Doe

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• Most people can look back over the years and identify a time and place at which their lives changed significantly. Whether by accident or design, these are the moments when, because of a readiness within us and a collaboration with events occurring around us, we are forced to seriously reappraise ourselves and the conditions under which we live and to make certain choices that will affect the rest of our lives.

  Frederic Flach

  Life, Years, People

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• I believe in destiny. But I also believe that you can’t just sit back and let destiny happen. A lot of times, an opportunity might fall into your lap, but you have to be ready for that opportunity. You can’t sit there waiting on it. A lot of times you are going to have to get out there and make it happen.

  Spike Lee

  Believe, Fall, Opportunity

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• It's a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you're ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only now. And you may as well do it now. Generally speaking, now is as good a time as any.

  Hugh Laurie

  Time, Procrastination, Thinking

  FaceBook post by Hugh Laurie from Aug 10, 2015

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• Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Forgiveness, Believe, Thinking

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• Old as I am in age, I have no feeling that I have ceased to grow inwardly or that my growth will stop at the dissolution of the flesh. What I am concerned with is my readiness to obey the call of Truth, my God, from moment to moment, no matter how inconsistent it may appear. My commitment is to Truth, not to consistency.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Commitment, Consistency, Feelings

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• Life at its noblest leaves mere happiness far behind; and indeed cannot endure it. Happiness is not the object of life: life has no object: it is an end in itself; and courage consists in the readiness to sacrifice happiness for an intenser quality of life.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Happiness, Sacrifice, Inner Peace

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• Man lives freely only by his readiness to die.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Death, Men, Live Free

  Mahatma Gandhi (1975). “Collected Works”

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• Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is still theoretically possible ... faith is the readiness to act in a cause the prosperous issue of which is not certified to us in advance.

  William James

  Mean, Issues, Doubt

  William James (1956). “The Will to Believe: And Other Essays in Popular Philosophy, and Human Immortality”, p.90, Courier Corporation

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• The achievement of the hero is one that he is ready for and it's really a manifestation of his character. It's amusing the way in which the landscape and conditions of the environment match the readiness of the hero. The adventure that he is ready for is the one that he gets.

  Joseph Campbell

  Hero, Character, Adventure

  "Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth (The Hero's Adventure)". TV Mini-Series, June 21, 1988.

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• In judging our progress as individuals we tend to concentrate on external factors such as one's social position, influence and popularity, wealth and standard of education... But internal factors may be even more crucial in assessing one's development as a human being. Honesty, sincerity, simplicity, humility, pure generosity, absence of vanity, readiness to serve others - qualities which are within easy reach of every soul - are the foundation of one's spiritual life.

  Nelson Mandela

  Love, Life, Family

  "Nelson Mandela's personal letters reveal guilt, anguish and marital spats". www.news.com.au. December 6, 2013.

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• Faith is the readiness to reveal whatever is concealed. You don't have to conceal doubts by putting on patches of self-confirmation. The readiness to be exposed seems to make the difference between ego's approach to spirituality and an enlightened one.

  Chogyam Trungpa

  Faith, Differences, Self

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• A man's readiness and commitment are not enough if he does not enjoy help from above as well; equally help from above is no benefit to us unless there is also commitment and readiness on our part.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Commitment, Doe, Benefits

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• The threat to globalization is not the wasted American dollars but Washington's readiness to mix US commercial interests with its self-appointed role as global protector.

  William Greider

  Self, Dollars, Roles

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• Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in their readiness to doubt.

  H. L. Mencken

  Believe, Men, Thinking

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