Quotes about Preparedness

Our problem right now is that we're so specialized that if the lights go out, there are a huge number of people who are not going to know what to do. But within every dystopia there's a little utopia.

Stupidity is expecting figs in winter, or children in old age.

But how can you have a sense of wonder if you're prepared for everything?

Our problem right now is that we're so specialized that if the lights go out, there are a huge number of people who are not going to know what to do. But within every dystopia there's a little utopia.

I fear neither death nor fire, being prepared for both.

It is desirable that a man live in all respects so simply and preparedly that if an enemy take the town... he can walk out the gate empty-handed and without anxiety.

The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread: Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw daily devours apace, and nothing said; but that two-handed engine at the door stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.

What are you doing to stop the next attack?" I asked. People nervously

We're in greater danger today than we were the day after Pearl Harbor. Our military is absolutely incapable of defending this country.

YOU WILL NOT FIND MY PEACE by engaging in excessive planning, attempting to control what will happen to you in the future. That is a commonly practiced form of unbelief. When your mind spins with multiple plans, Peace may sometimes seem to be within your grasp; yet it always eludes you. Just when you think you have prepared for all possibilities, something unexpected pops up and throws things into confusion.

Nobody spends any money on smallpox unless they worry about a bio-terrorist recreating it.

But reassurance can be the cruelest antidote to anxiety. Our rosy predictions both leave the anxious unprepared for the worst.