Quotes about Preparation

We should live our lives as though Christ was coming this afternoon.

Not yet do you feel it. Wait for the future.

Life's darker side: that's Advent.

Waiting is a period of learning. The longer we wait, the more we hear about him for whom we are waiting.

Those who are preparing for the coming of Christ should be sober, and watch unto prayer, for our adversary, the Devil, goeth about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour; whom we are to resist steadfast in the faith.

Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation.

But Abraham believed, therefore he was young; for he who always hopes for the best becomes old, and he who is always prepared for the worst grows old early, but he who believes preserves an eternal youth.

Rouse thee, my fainting soul, and play the man; And through such waning span of life and thought as still has to be trod, Prepare to meet thy God. And while the storm of that bewilderment Is for a season spent, And, ere afresh the ruin on me fall, Use well the interval.

Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.

Many times people think if God has called you to something, he's promising you success. He might be calling you to fail to prepare you for something else through the failure.

Never try to be better than someone else. Learn from others, and try to be the best you can be. Success is the by-product of that preparation.

Part of success is preparation on purpose.