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PREPARATION QUOTATIONS
“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”

Benjamin Franklin

“Men succeed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for their victories.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

“It’s better to look ahead and prepare, than to look back and regret.”

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

“Be prepared, work hard, and hope for a little luck. Recognize that the harder you work and the better prepared you are, the more luck you might have.”

Ed Bradley

“Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant.”

Robert Louis Stevenson

“I believe luck is preparation meeting opportunity. If you hadn’t been prepared when the opportunity came along, you wouldn’t have been lucky.”

Oprah Winfrey

“Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”

Abraham Lincoln

“It's not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters.”

Paul "Bear" Bryant

“The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well. ”

Sir William Osler

“We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future. ”

Franklin D. Roosevelt

“First, I prepare. Then I have faith.”

Joe Namath

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Your Comments
Julie JANUARY 26, 2018
There are so many things waiting us to manage.To achieve them well ,be positive and prepare for them.
Anderson from Colatina-ES, Brasil MAY 3, 2012
A vida é uma caixa de surpresa, com preparação nada é fácil, sem ela menos ainda. Life is a box of surprise, nothing is easy to prepare, without her even less.
David Caines from Easton, PA JANUARY 16, 2011
For me, preparation is a series of habits . A habit of checking everything, shoes tied, pen in pocket, cell phone and web book charged... that sort of thing. Those habits allow me to leave the house knowing that whatever may befall me, I am as prepared as may be to face it. Preparation is being honest with ones self about what the worst may be, learning how to counter the worst and setting habits to meet those possibilities which allows one to move on into the day with a clear mind, and work towards the best. Blessings, David
Chris M. from Lancaster, CA FEBRUARY 6, 2010
Preparation. For a procrastinator, I will.

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