Preparing Quotes

A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride.

Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death.

At times it's good to take the pressure off of preparing for a race at the end of the week. With a week off from racing, we'll be focusing on the workouts.

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

I don't know any other lifestyle. I get up in the morning and I really do feel that the world is my oyster, and I start that way, the same as I would if I were preparing to write a song: put a blank piece of paper up on the piano and you go for it.

He would see civilization in danger of perishing under the oppression of a gigantic paradox: he would see multitudes of people starving in the midst of plenty, and nations preparing for war although pledged to peace.

It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.

If you are truly serious abut preparing your child for the future, don't teach him to subtract teach him to deduct.

It didn't swell up overnight like they say an ACL does, but we are hoping for the best and preparing for the worst. He just got accepted to The Citadel and he's got a lot going for him right now, so I really hope everything works out OK because Clay is really our leader on the field.

We've been preparing for this day for a long time. We feel we are well prepared. We have a clearly articulated strategy for success in the future that has yielded the industry's strongest pipeline of new products, 10 of which will be introduced over the next two to three years. So, the future looks very, very bright.

This morning this young man does what his time in seminary was preparing him to do, and what for the rest of his life will be the primary activity of his ministry.

When preparing their 2001 return, there are some basic tax planning issues unemployed people don't often think of. People need to be mindful of what tax bracket they're in, which may...have changed.

We've been knowing we can do it. Our coach has been telling us we can do it. He's been preparing us to get ready for these type of games.

When you prepare for the consequences of a terrorist situation, you are preparing yourself inevitably for an earthquake, fire or flood. You're looking at the same consequences.

Preparing the roe is a very exacting process. It has to be brined in multiple stages, in a specific fashion. We don't do that here -- it all has to be processed in Japan.

That adds up to nearly 120 weeks, and two-and-ahalf years spent in squad sessions preparing for matches.

We are preparing to lobby our people against the constitution. We would rather dissolve the National Assembly than pass a constitution that would dissolve Iraq.

Right now we're just preparing the site. We'll probably have that work finished up by October.

He has been preparing for this season since January.

The Salvation Army is preparing to respond to two of the largest natural disasters in our nation's history, simultaneously, ... Our sole focus is to ensure that our resources are safe and in place to meet the immediate needs of people affected by Rita, and to ensure that our care for Katrina survivors continues unimpeded.

probably one of the main craftsmen of the Madrid massacre and was preparing other attacks.

We need to take time to do the least glamorous activity of gardening - digging and preparing the soil - first. When we do that, we'll have good results on the other end of the gardening process.

We are quite disappointed at the unprofessional and dangerous acts of the ships. The company is preparing to file a lawsuit against the ships' operators because they not only brought danger to Odyssey, but to their own ships. The company will file a lawsuit against the crew members too since they violated a lot of maritime affairs rules.

Our school districts are moving into the future. We're preparing our students for utilizing new technology that will be emerging in the next few years.