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• Restlessness and impatience change nothing except our peace and joy. Peace does not dwell in outward things, but in the heart prepared to wait trustfully and quietly on Him who has all things safely in His hands.

  Elisabeth Elliot

  Inspirational, Life, Patience

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• All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspiring, Courage, Thoughtful

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• I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.

  Winston Churchill

  Funny, Death, Witty

  Quoted in L.A. Times, 28 Nov. 1954

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• Although always prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it should be postponed.

  Winston Churchill

  Funny, Military, Preparation

  "My Early Life: 1874-1904".

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• I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Inspirational, Hope, Planning

  Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield) (1833). “The Wondrous Tale of Alroy: The Rise of Iskander”, p.61

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• When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts.

  Larry Ellison

  Inspirational, Success, Motivation

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• In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept constructive criticism. Without one-hundred percent dedication, you won't be able to do this.

  Willie Mays

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• I am fully prepared to be commander in chief... I don't need on-the-job training.

  John McCain

  Jobs, Training, Needs

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

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• No, I think most astronauts recognize that the space shuttle program is very high-risk, and are prepared for accidents.

  Sally Ride

  Thinking, Space, Risk

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

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• Some things are so unexpected that no one is prepared for them.

  Leo Rosten

  Future, Unexpected

  Leo Calvin Rosten (1972). “Rome wasn't burned in a day: the mischief of language”

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• Because if you're prepared and you know what it takes, it's not a risk. You just have to figure out how to get there. There is always a way to get there.

  Mark Cuban

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Success

  "Mark Cuban: What I've Learned" by Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. November 17, 2008.

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• Did you ever observe to whom the accidents happen? Chance favors only the prepared mind.

  Louis Pasteur

  Past, Mind, Favors

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• A message prepared in the mind reaches a mind; a message prepared in a life reaches a life.

  Bill Gothard

  Inspirational, Motivation, Mind

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• You have to be prepared to take a spill.

  Shaun White

  Be Prepared, Spills

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• Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act.

  Annie Besant

  Inspiring, Thinking, Silent

  Annie Besant (1917). “The Birth of New India: A Collection of Writings and Speeches on Indian Affairs”

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• For all your days be prepared, and meet them ever alike. When you are the anvil, bear - when you are the hammer, strike.

  Edwin Markham

  Inspirational, Preparation, Hammers

  Edwin Markham (1920). “Gates of Paradise and Other Poems: The Fourth Volume of Verse”

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• We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we will always be free.

  Ronald Reagan

  Strength, Peace, Freedom

  Ronald Reagan, Michael Reagan (2016). “The Last Best Hope: The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan”, p.183, Humanix Books

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• The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.

  Tony Robbins

  Opportunity, Preparation, Luck

  FaceBook post by Tony Robbins from Feb 03, 2015

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• Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Success, Education, Real

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1938, Volume 7”, p.538, Best Books on

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• I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Preparation, Causes, Imperfect

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• If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.

  Thomas Sowell

  Gun, Civilization, Use

  Thomas Sowell (1993). “Is Reality Optional?: And Other Essays”, Hoover Inst Press

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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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• Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Military, Victory, Half

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1856). “Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha”, p.346

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• Be Prepared... the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by previous thinking out and practicing how to act on any accident or emergency so that he is never taken by surprise.

  Robert Baden-Powell

  Taken, Thinking, Emergencies

  Robert Baden-Powell, Elleke Boehmer (2005). “Scouting for Boys: A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship”, p.20, Oxford University Press

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• When you're prepared, you're more confident. When you have a strategy, you're more comfortable.

  Fred Couples

  Motivational, Sports, Preparation

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