Preparation Quotes

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  There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

  Colin Powell

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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  Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.

  Alexander Graham Bell

  Success, Stress, Congratulations

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• Success is when persistence meets preparation.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Persistence

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• Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.

  Confucius

  Success, Congratulations, Failure

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• Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

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• For every minute spent in organizing, an hour is earned.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Hours, Minutes

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• The best preparation for the future is the present well seen to, and the last duty done.

  George MacDonald

  Future, Done, Lasts

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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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• Luck happens when preparation meets opportunity.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Opportunity, Luck, Happens

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• Where observation is concerned, chance favors only the prepared mind.

  Louis Pasteur

  Life, Business, Past

  Address at inauguration of Faculty of Science, University of Lille, Lille, France, 7 Dec. 1854

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• He who is best prepared can best serve his moment of inspiration.

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  Inspirational Life, Moments, Prepared

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• 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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• You hit home runs not by chance, but by preparation.

  Roger Maris

  Motivational, Basketball, Running

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• Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.

  Bobby Unser

  Success, Sports, Opportunity

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• Proper preparation is the key to our success. Our acts can be no wiser than our thoughts. Our thinking can be no wiser than our understanding.

  George S. Clason

  Thinking, Keys, Understanding

  George S. Clason (2013). “The Richest Man In Babylon”, p.6, Lulu.com

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• The goal of preparation then is not knowing exactly where you'll go but being confident nonetheless that you'll get there.

  Rolf Potts

  Life, Knowing, Goal

  Rolf Potts (2002). “Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel”, p.36, Ballantine Books

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• Behind every brilliant performance there were countless hours of practice and preparation.

  Eric Butterworth

  Success, Practice, Achievement

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• Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation.

  Robert H. Schuller

  Wise, Wisdom, Accomplishment

  "Next Level Leadership" by Gregory C. Scott, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 10, 2016.

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• Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living.

  John Dewey

  Education, Future, Learning

  John Dewey (1972). “The Early Works, 1882-1898: 1895-1898. Early essays”, p.87, SIU Press

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• How often we expect big things from God without preparing for big things from him

  Beth Moore

  God, Christian, Bigger And Better Things

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• The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.

  Joe Paterno

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success.

  Joyce Brothers

  Positive, Inspiring, Strong

  "Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing". Book by Larry Chang (p. 43), 2006.

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• Failure to prepare is preparing to fail.

  Mike Murdock

  Work, Failure, Planning

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• Anything worthy of your passion, should be worthy of your preparation.

  Sue Enquist

  Passion, Should, Worthy

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• Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.

  John Dewey

  Life, Inspiring, Education

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