Preparation Quotes

Things are going very smoothly. As expected, there are some minor glitches, and the eight minutes that it took us to get to orbit, we trained months and months for, and didn't have to use any of that preparation, other than being aware and ready.

In times of peace, the war party insists on making preparation for war. As soon as prepared for, it insists on making war.

Stretching was a major part of my preparation.

Document preparation systems will also require large screen displays.

I don't know a better preparation for life than a love of poetry and a good digestion.

For me, when working on a film or play or television show, everything for me starts with the screenplay and I am devoted to that and that is what I work from. Any research I do or any preparation I do on my own is all ultimately in service of that.

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

It's less about the physical training, in the end, than it is about the mental preparation: boxing is a chess game. You have to be skilled enough and have trained hard enough to know how many different ways you can counterattack in any situation, at any moment.

Luck, that's when preparation and opportunity meet.

Part of my preparation is I go and ask the kit man what colour we're wearing - if it's red top, white shorts, white socks or black socks. Then I lie in bed the night before the game and visualise myself scoring goals or doing well.

A winning effort begins with preparation.

I don't come in with any preconceived ideas, and although I will have done some preparation, I can go which way the director wants.

I always say if you've seen good acting on television, those actors are really good. Because there's just not enough time. You don't have any preparation.

Preparation for war is a constant stimulus to suspicion and ill will.

With my personal preparation at the piano, I can afford to hum at half voice.

If you don't have talent or preparation for whatever you want to do, you will not be successful in anything.

For my part, I do not feel that the scheme of future happiness, which ought by rights to be in preparation for me, will be at all interfered with by my not meeting again the man I have in my. mind.

Man is created to be God's deputy on earth and it is important to realize the obligation to rid ourselves of all illusions and to make our lives a preparation for the next life.

A happy childhood... is the worst possible preparation for life.

Good luck is a residue of preparation.

There is no fundamental difference between the preparation for death and the practice of dying, and spiritual practice leading to enlightenment.

Ninety percent of the preparation we do as actors is just jive. It doesn't do anything.

Hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action.

Losing yourself in the character opens you up in a way that no amount of precise preparation can.

But to me the bottom line is the more education you can give yourself, and the more preparation you can do, the less chance of failing.

Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.

I've learned over the years that it doesn't matter where you pitch in the rotation. For me, preparation is everything.

Luck is where opportunity meets preparation.

Preparation is based on one driving force for me and that is to be relaxed enough to be able to listen to what the candidates are saying and react appropriately.

Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak.