Be Prepared Quotes

• 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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• Life will get in the way. Count on it. Be prepared for it. Maintain focus and press on towards your goal.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Goal, Focus, Way

  Twitter post from Mar 04, 2014

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• The urge to quit is strongest just before breakthroughs occur. Those are the times when it's most important to stay focused and committed. You will encounter the urge to quit many times. Get over it. Quitting is not an option; always be prepared to give it one more day.

  Matthew Barnett

  Giving, Important, Encounters

  Matthew Barnett (2011). “The Cause within You: Finding the One Great Thing You Were Created to Do in This World”, p.177, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• Four Lessons on Life 1. Never take down a fence until you know why it was put up. 2. If you get too far ahead of the army, your soldiers may mistake you for the enemy. 3. Don't complain about the bottom rungs of the ladder; they helped to get you higher. 4. If you want to enjoy the rainbow, be prepared to endure the storm.

  Warren W. Wiersbe

  Life, Change, Mistake

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• To be prepared against surprise is to be trained. To be prepared for surprise is to be educated.

  James P. Carse

  Preparation, Consciousness, Surprise

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• It is well to be prepared for life as it is, but it is better to be prepared to make life better than it is.

  Sargent Shriver

  Wells, Prepared

  Sargent Shriver (1964). “Point of the lance”

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• One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspiring, Believe, Happens

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.103, Pan Macmillan

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• Expect the best, Prepare for the worst.

  Muhammad Ali Jinnah

  Success, Money, Business

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

  Ben Affleck

  Trying, Prepared

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• Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Military, Victory, Half

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1856). “Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha”, p.346

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• The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Morning, Business, Work

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• There are no right and wrong ways to work in this business, but there are some basic common-sense practices. Work very, very hard and always be prepared; never give up; and once you get the job, give them more than they ever expected: - Shine!

  Jimmy Smits

  Jobs, Giving Up, Practice

  Interview with Lisa Manafian, www.hispanic-today.com. September 08, 2011.

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• Heaven is a prepared place for a prepared people.

  Lewis Sperry Chafer

  People, Heaven, Preparation

  Lewis Sperry Chafer (1947). “Systematic Theology”

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• The thrill of not knowing what's going to happen, trained me to be prepared for anything.

  Ariana Grande

  Knowing, Thrill, Happens

  "Interview: 2012 must-know - Ariana Grande". Interview with Shahlin Graves, www.coupdemainmagazine.com. February 25,2012.

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• Play fair, be prepared for others to play dirty, and don't let them drag you into the mud.

  Richard Branson

  Dirty, Play, Mud

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• Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1989). “Conversations of German Refugees ; Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years, Or, The Renunciants”, p.111, Princeton University Press

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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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• Don't think too small about what God could do in your life-be prepared for God to do a big thing.

  Stormie Omartian

  Thinking, Life Is, Bigs

  Stormie Omartian (2005). “The Prayer That Changes Everything?: The Hidden Power of Praising God”, p.204, Harvest House Publishers

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• For all your days be prepared, and meet them ever alike. When you are the anvil, bear - when you are the hammer, strike.

  Edwin Markham

  Inspirational, Preparation, Hammers

  Edwin Markham (1920). “Gates of Paradise and Other Poems: The Fourth Volume of Verse”

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• The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.

  Mark Twain

  Positive, Death, Spiritual

  "A Voice Crying In The Wilderness". Book by Edward Abbey, 1989.

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• The thing you have to be prepared for is that other people don't always dream your dream.

  Linda Ronstadt

  Love, Dream, People

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• It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.

  Whitney M. Young

  Inspirational, Opportunity, African American

  "Independent Lens: The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights". TV Series, 2013.

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• 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

  Hard Work, Good Luck, Littles

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• Challenges come so we can grow and be prepared for things we are not equipped to handle now.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Challenges, Grows, Handle

  Twitter post from Sep 24, 2016

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• A cause may be inconvenient, but it's magnificent. It's like champagne or high heels, and one must be prepared to suffer for it.

  Arnold Bennett

  Funny, High Heels, Suffering

  The Title (1918) act 1

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