Being Prepared Quotes

Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.

Predicting rain doesn't count. Building arks does.

If you're passionate about what you do, then go for it wholeheartedly. Be prepared that if anytime, you may be surprised by a phenomenal opportunity that may come your way, and that's when I say, do your homework. Be ready.

Championship teams are built on being prepared, playing unselfishly and being held accountable, and that's how I expect to coach this basketball team. I am truly excited about this next phase of my basketball career.

The thing that makes the great players great, and that separates players from different players is, when you going out there whether being prepared or not, you have to react. And if you're thinking, you're already a step behind.

I stay ready so I don't have to get ready.

When you prepare for something, it's like jumping into cold water, but you're prepared. You jump in. And you start swimming, or if you don't swim, you drown.

All I do, really, is go to work and try to be professional, be on time and be prepared.

Luck is just bein' prepared at all times, so when the door opens you're ready.

The right time to record is when you're not quite ahead of yourself.

I just wait for something to present itself, and then I consider it.

One thing I learned working at the Brooklyn Navy Yard was to be on time. If the day begins at 8 A.M., be there early, get there, punch the time clock; don't just stand there like an oaf.

I think that if you shake the tree, you ought to be around when the fruit falls to pick it up.

You know the famous quote, sometimes you have to be ready so you don't have to get ready. I do a lot of things that, it's like, off the camera, that a lot of people don't see me do.

I believe in being prepared. I'm going to say that. Pray, prepare, proceed.

I was critical of the Israeli government, however, for not being prepared for the move. One does not uproot thousands of people without planning in advance what will be done with them. This was a political and human error in which the government functioned poorly.

The readiness is all.

Even if hostilities do not begin, the world is menaced by economic collapse. Mistrust and suspicion reign everywhere. Beneath our very eyes the camps are forming, armies are gathering and a fearful struggle is being prepared in Europe. Is our continent to commit suicide in a terrifying war at the end of which no nation could call itself victor or vanquished, but in which the spiritual and material values created by centuries of civilization would founder?

Don't let the same dog bite you twice.

One thing I've learned from all my time with Team Canada is that they're very, very prepared so knowing that's part of the DNA of Team Canada, you have to be prepared with whatever area your responsibility belongs to.

The early bird catches the worm.

Being prepared helps you feel more confident at the doctor's office. Think about what you want to ask and write those questions down.

I'm one of those guys that trusts my preparation.

I would say that being open to new things is kind of vital in this line of work, if not all lines of work, and being prepared to embrace the challenge of the new thing is something I want in my life until the day it's over.

You've got to be able to act when it's necessary to act. And you've got to be able to act where the threat is.