Quotes tagged ‘Prepare’

“James Bond: In my business you prepare for the unexpected. Franz Sanchez: And what business is that? James Bond: I help people with problems. Franz Sanchez: Problem solver? James Bond: More of a problem eliminator.”

— Michael G. Wilson, Richard Malbaum, James Bond, Roger Moore, imdb.com

“Prepare my ship!”

— Rian Johnson, Kylo Ren, Adam Driver, imdb.com

“Me, personally, I was never great at gift-giving. Maybe it’s because I never got to celebrate Christmas. I got Hanukkah. Doesn’t exactly prepare you the same way.”

— Sheila Lawrence, Miriam “Midge” Maisel, Rachel Brosnahan, imdb.com

“Backstabbing doesn't prepare you for a fight, and that's all the realm is now.”

— David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, Robert Baratheon, Mark Addy, imdb.com

“But whereas it is most certain that the King doth not only make speedy preparation in Spain, but likewise expecteth a very great fleet from the Straits and divers other places to join with his forces to invade England, we purpose to set apart all fear of danger, and by God’s furtherance to proceed b…”

— Francis Drake, amazon.com

“The unprepared mind cannot see the outstretched hand of opportunity.”

— Alexander Fleming, amazon.com

“Even if you know what’s coming, you’re never prepared for how it feels.”

— Natalie Standiford, amazon.com

“A problem is a chance for you to do your best.”

— Duke Ellington, amazon.com

“The eye, the ear, The mind in action– These I value.”

— Heraclitus, amazon.com

“The most fortunate of us... our journey through life frequently meets with calamaties and misfortunes. Which may greatly afflict us [and] to fortify our minds against the attacks of the calamities and misfortunes should be one of the principle studies and endeavors of our lives.”

— Thomas Jefferson, amazon.com

“If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war.”

— George Washington, thefederalistpapers.org

“He had more sand in his crop than he had strength.”

— Theodore Roosevelt, amazon.com

“We need strong bodies. More than that. We need strong minds, and finally, we need what counts for more than a body...more than mind–character.”

— Theodore Roosevelt, amazon.com

“To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.”

— George Washington, thefederalistpapers.org

“An easy and luxurious does not train men to effort or encounter with difficulty; nor does it awaken that consciouness of power which is so necessary for energetic and effective action in life. Indeed so far from poverty being a misfortune it may be vigorous self-help converted even to a blessing.”

— Samuel Smiles, amazon.com

“I know that you have plenty of spirit; for even before you began to equip yourself with maxims which were wholesome and potent to overcome obstacles, you were taking pride in your contest with Fortune; and this is all the more true, now that you have grappled with Fortune and tested your powers. For…”

— Seneca, amazon.com

“The mind in a weak body provides weak ideas; a strong body gives strength to the thought of the mind.”

— Alexander Graham Bell, brainpickings.org

“To preach that highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires more easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil and who out of these wins the splendid triumph.”

— Theodore Roosevelt, amazon.com

“One day his father said to him, 'Theodore, you have the brain but you haven't got the body. I'm giving you the tools to make your body. It's going to be hard drudgery and I want to know whether you think you have the determination to go through with it.' With a flash of those white teeth, Theodore s…”

— Theodore Roosevelt, amazon.com

“Men, who are familiarized to danger, meet it without shrinking; whereas troops unused to service often apprehend danger where no danger is.”

— George Washington, thefederalistpapers.org