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> [Of course a magazine is usually more interesting than a conversation, because so much more time and preparation has gone into it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/curtis-sittenfeld/of-course-a-magazine-is-usually-more-interesting-than-a-conversation/)

[Curtis Sittenfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/curtis-sittenfeld/)

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> [If you leave anyone with a undone page, someone who came prepared will finish it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rasheed-bryant/if-you-leave-anyone-with-a-undone-page-someone-who-came-prepared-will/)

[Rasheed Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rasheed-bryant/)

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> [“Preparing for your journey in the most thorough way possible will not diminish your experiences abroad. It will enhance them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bailey-richert/preparing-for-your-journey-in-the-most-thorough-way-possible-will-not/)

Bailey Richert

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> [“Why should we look to the past in order to prepare for the future? Because there is nowhere else to look.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-burke/why-should-we-look-to-the-past-in-order-to-prepare-for-the-future/)

[James Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-burke/)

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> [“Leadership is about taking steps while management is about drawing the map on the steps to take. Managers simply plan, leaders simply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/israelmore-ayivor/leadership-is-about-taking-steps-while-management-is-about-drawing/)

[Israelmore Ayivor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/israelmore-ayivor/)

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> [Cleaning out the past, packing up the present, and preparing for a much better future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/punkinhead-abhishek/cleaning-out-the-past-packing-up-the-present-and-preparing-for-a-much/)

[Punkinhead Abhishek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/punkinhead-abhishek/)

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> [A night of sleep is as much preparation for the subsequent day's activity as it is recovery from that of the previous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-allan-hobson/a-night-of-sleep-is-as-much-preparation-for-the-subsequent-day-s/)

J. Allan Hobson

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> [I don't think I'm an actor who takes their characters home with him. But I certainly do take the preparation home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-sutherland/i-don-t-think-i-m-an-actor-who-takes-their-characters-home-with-him/)

[Donald Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-sutherland/)

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> [If you want to aspire to be any pitcher in the game right now, it's probably Madison Bumgarner. I really keep a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-beede/if-you-want-to-aspire-to-be-any-pitcher-in-the-game-right-now-it-s/)

[Tyler Beede](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-beede/)

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> [Scientific research was much like prospecting: you went out and you hunted, armed with your maps and instruments, but in the ened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-crichton/scientific-research-was-much-like-prospecting-you-went-out-and-you/)

[Michael Crichton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-crichton/)

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> [We cannot expect miracles of mindfulness in our own lives without preparation, commitment & continuing to energetically progress along our spiritual way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/we-cannot-expect-miracles-of-mindfulness-in-our-own-lives-without/)

[Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/)

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> [The preparations for my new voyage prevented the possiblity of my paying that attention to the correction of my errors, that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zebulon-pike/the-preparations-for-my-new-voyage-prevented-the-possiblity-of-my/)

[Zebulon Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zebulon-pike/)

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> [Even now, I still get a bit apprehensive before a game because I am worried about whether I have done enough preparation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-motson/even-now-i-still-get-a-bit-apprehensive-before-a-game-because-i-am/)

[John Motson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-motson/)

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> [The universe is a soul making machine, and part of that process is learning, maturing, and growing through difficult and challenging and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-strobel/the-universe-is-a-soul-making-machine-and-part-of-that-process-is/)

[Lee Strobel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-strobel/)

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> [Someone once told me: 'Luck is when opportunity meets preparation'. And that's what I really feel with my music. I've worked really,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-packer/someone-once-told-me-luck-is-when-opportunity-meets-preparation-and/)

Erica Packer

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> [All the preparation in the world doesn't avail you if you can't make that imaginative leap and put yourself in the position…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chabon/all-the-preparation-in-the-world-doesn-t-avail-you-if-you-can-t-make/)

[Michael Chabon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chabon/)

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> [The Old Testament records the preparation for the coming of the Messiah. The Gospels record the coming of the Messiah, Jesus Christ…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-mcdowell/the-old-testament-records-the-preparation-for-the-coming-of-the/)

[Josh McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-mcdowell/)

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> [So for us, the condition and preparation on and by which we are sheltered by that great hand, is the faith that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-maclaren/so-for-us-the-condition-and-preparation-on-and-by-which-we-are/)

[Alexander MacLaren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-maclaren/)

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> [ In fifty years time, the need for true psychics and conscious mediums (such as H.P.B., for instance \[Helena Petrova Blavatsky\]) will be… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-bailey/in-fifty-years-time-the-need-for-true-psychics-and-conscious-mediums/)

[Alice Bailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-bailey/)

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> [Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound. The man who does not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-allen/men-are-anxious-to-improve-their-circumstances-but-are-unwilling-to-2/)

[James Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-allen/)

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> [Being thus prepared for us in all ways, and made beautiful, and good for food, and for building, and for instruments of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/being-thus-prepared-for-us-in-all-ways-and-made-beautiful-and-good/)

[John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/)

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> [Martin Luther King's 1963 'I have a dream' speech was a thrilling milestone in the civil rights movement, so enduring that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-j-williams/martin-luther-king-s-1963-i-have-a-dream-speech-was-a-thrilling/)

[Patricia J. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-j-williams/)

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> [In whatever sport of field of endeavor you are interested, you should do whatever is necessary to compliment your God-given talent with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-cousy/in-whatever-sport-of-field-of-endeavor-you-are-interested-you-should/)

[Bob Cousy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-cousy/)

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> [Step by step we see democracy being uprooted like an unwanted weed and the preparation for fascism, for a police state in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-moore/step-by-step-we-see-democracy-being-uprooted-like-an-unwanted-weed/)

Stan Moore

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> [To wash one's hair, make one's toilet, and put on scented robes; even if not a soul sees one, these preparations still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/to-wash-one-s-hair-make-one-s-toilet-and-put-on-scented-robes-even-if/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [For it is we who must pray for our daily bread, and if He grants it to us, it is only through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paracelsus/for-it-is-we-who-must-pray-for-our-daily-bread-and-if-he-grants-it-to/)

[Paracelsus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paracelsus/)

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> [The terror of the Roman arms added weight and dignity to the moderation of the emperors. They preserved the peace by a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/the-terror-of-the-roman-arms-added-weight-and-dignity-to-the/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

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> [Life could do nothing for her, beyond giving time for a better preparation for death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/life-could-do-nothing-for-her-beyond-giving-time-for-a-better/)

[Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/)

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> [If you are leaping a ravine, the moment of takeoff is a bad time to be considering alternative strategies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cleese/if-you-are-leaping-a-ravine-the-moment-of-takeoff-is-a-bad-time-to-be/)

[John Cleese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cleese/)

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> [It's around the table and in the preparation of food that we learn about ourselves and about the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/it-s-around-the-table-and-in-the-preparation-of-food-that-we-learn/)

[Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/)

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> [Profound hearts, wise minds, take life as God makes it; it is a long trial, and unintelligible preparation for the unknown destiny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/profound-hearts-wise-minds-take-life-as-god-makes-it-it-is-a-long/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

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> [Running a school where the students all succeed, even if some students have to help others to make the grade, is good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-glasser/running-a-school-where-the-students-all-succeed-even-if-some-students/)

[William Glasser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-glasser/)

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> [Any design, any city, any kind of craziness or tragedy, it all comes from a long time of preparation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/any-design-any-city-any-kind-of-craziness-or-tragedy-it-all-comes/)

[Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/)

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> [Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/any-man-who-afflicts-the-human-race-with-ideas-must-be-prepared-to/)

[H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/)

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> [BAIT, n. A preparation that renders the hook more palatable. The best kind is beauty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/bait-n-a-preparation-that-renders-the-hook-more-palatable-the-best/)

[Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/)

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> [Success is the power to acquire whatever one demands of life without violating the rights of others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-carnegie/success-is-the-power-to-acquire-whatever-one-demands-of-life-without/)

[Andrew Carnegie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-carnegie/)

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> [“If I have to choose between opportunity and preparation, I’d choose preparation, without it opportunity is useless.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saji-ijiyemi/if-i-have-to-choose-between-opportunity-and-preparation-i-d-choose/)

[Saji Ijiyemi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saji-ijiyemi/)

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> [Are you worried about pressure? I look at it this way: Pressure is having to do something you are not totally prepared…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harvey-mackay/are-you-worried-about-pressure-i-look-at-it-this-way-pressure-is/)

[Harvey Mackay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harvey-mackay/)

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> [If you train with fast athletes, it keeps you pushing. I know that good preparation is more important than everything else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliud-kipchoge/if-you-train-with-fast-athletes-it-keeps-you-pushing-i-know-that-good/)

[Eliud Kipchoge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliud-kipchoge/)

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> [It's good to prepare for tomorrow, but don't let it bother you too much until you forget to enjoy today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anmol-andore/it-s-good-to-prepare-for-tomorrow-but-don-t-let-it-bother-you-too/)

[Anmol Andore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anmol-andore/)

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