There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.
The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
I will prepare and some day my chance will come.
The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.
The best preparation for the future is the present well seen to, and the last duty done.
Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.
Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Expect the best, Prepare for the worst.
One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
Why not seize the pleasure at once? -- How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!
Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.
The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.
The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.
Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.
Over-preparation is the foe of inspiration.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
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