Quotes about Preparation
If you pray for bread and bring no basket to carry it, you prove the doubting spirit, which may be the only hindrance to the boon you ask.
— DL Moody
If you pray for bread and bring no basket to carry it, you prove the doubting spirit, which may be the only hindrance to the boon you ask.
— DL Moody
Shut out all of your past except that which will help you weather your tomorrows.
— William Osler
I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
— Winston Churchill
All things come to him who waits -- provided he knows what he is waiting for.
— Woodrow Wilson
If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if fifteen minutes, three days; if half an hour, two days; if an hour, I am ready now.
— Woodrow Wilson
If you don't put anything in place, do not expect miraculous results to appear.
— Germany Kent
It was becoming increasingly important for these young missionaries to know every available fact about the Aucas. They read the reports of the Shell Oil Company and talked to anyone who had ever had any contact with the Aucas.
— Elisabeth Elliot
Like completing a run, living today begins with preparation, planning, and prayer.
— Elizabeth George
The effectiveness of your ministry to people will be in direct proportion to the time you spend away from people and with God in a quiet time of preparation.
— Elizabeth George
When a house is being built which is to be made as strong as possible, the building takes place in fine weather and in calm, so that nothing may hinder the structure from acquiring the needed solidity.
— Origen
Fantasies can be great, but we shouldn't make the wedding a fantasy, because the wedding is the gateway to married life. It shouldn't be a moment of illusion; it should be a moment of preparation.
— Alain de Botton