Quotes about Preparation

Counting your chickens before they hatch is only wise if God has told you how many will survive.

It is only safe to mock a crocodile when you have crossed the river.

A sharp stick is better than a blunt sword.

No man has any right to speak to men about God who has not first spoken to God about men.

You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. You see, success, doesn't suddenly occur one day in someone's life. For that matter, neither does failure. Each is a process. Every day of your life is merely preparation for the next. What you become is the result of what you do today.

The good devout man first makes inner preparation for the actions he has later to perform. His outward actions do not draw him into lust and vice; rather it is he who bends them into the shape of reason and right judgement. Who has a stiffer battle to fight than the man who is striving to conquer himself.

If thou hadst a good conscience thou wouldst not greatly fear death. It were better for thee to watch against sin, than to fly from death. If to-day thou art not ready, how shalt thou be ready to-morrow? To-morrow is an uncertain day; and how knowest thou that thou shalt have a to-morrow?

We know that people who fail in their jobs often do so not because they are inherently incapable of succeeding, but because their experiences have not prepared them for the challenges of that job—in other words, they've taken the wrong "courses.

Judiciously show a cat, milk, if you wish her to thirst for it. Judiciously show a dog his natural prey, if you wish him to bring it down one day.

We made no more provision for growing older, than we did for growing younger.

Being wholly given over to God now is the essential and best possible preparation for future service.

If you want to be a dear old lady at seventy you have to begin early, say about seventeen.