I believe luck is preparation meeting opportunity. If you hadn’t been prepared when the opportunity came along, you wouldn’t have been lucky. — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
You were not born a winner, and you were not born a loser. You are what you make yourself be. — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
I believe success is preparation, because opportunity is going to knock on your door sooner or later but are you prepared to… — Omar Epps Copy Share Image
Watch every tendency towards militarism, for we know that preparation for war leads to war. — William Mulock Copy Share Image
Boxing is a lot of preparation and then improvising, so there are parallels to being an actor. — Seth Numrich Copy Share Image
You've got to be dedicated to train as hard as you can, for as long as you can, because in any sport,… — Filo Tiatia Copy Share Image
Whether it's learning to hit a backhand in tennis, learning high school chemistry, or getting better at ski racing, I really believe… — Mikaela Shiffrin Copy Share Image
Before, I always lived in anticipation . . . that it was all a preparation for something else, something "greater," more "genuine."… — Etty Hillesum Copy Share Image
I'm not a method actor but it certainly does help to have that kind of dedication. I treated my preparation like I… — Patrick Heusinger Copy Share Image
Get yourself healthy before you get yourself married. Too often we bring our unexamined selves into our marriage relationship. Also, have a… — Neil Clark Warren Copy Share Image
Though modern Marriage is a tremendous laboratory, its members are often without preparation for the partnership function. How much agony and remorse… — Carl Rogers Copy Share Image
I really have a great deal of humility in that department, and a great deal of respect for people who spend their… — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
People always say the past is in the past but I beg to differ. The past is who we are, it prepares… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
However much faith to obey God we now have, we will need to strengthen it continually and keep it refreshed constantly. We… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
Faith is not an art. Faith is not an achievement. Faith is not a good work of which some may boast while… — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
A Winner's Blueprint for Achievement BELIEVE while others are doubting. PLAN while others are playing. STUDY while others are sleeping. DECIDE while… — William Arthur Ward Copy Share Image
Artemis must be present at the solstice," Zoe said. "She has been the most vocal on the council, arguing for taking action… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Pope John Paul II himself was kind of a rather independent, creative man. I remember being told by somebody who worked very… — Chris Matthews Copy Share Image
Scouting contributes to a boy's preparation to hold the priesthood of God. Scout leaders have a sacred responsibility. They help boys learn… — Rosemary M. Wixom Copy Share Image
For the spiritual efficacy of the Sacrament doth not depend upon the nature of the thing received, supposing we received what our… — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
There is no task of greater importance than to give our children the very best preparation for the demands of an ominous… — Bruno Walter Copy Share Image
The thing is, even though you think a lot about your movie, and there's a lot of preparation behind it, the final… — Paolo Sorrentino Copy Share Image
Beginning runners come in all shapes, sizes and pre-existing conditions, so there's no magic formula for determining exactly how much basic running… — Don Kardong Copy Share Image
Even after you win the championship, the work doesn't stop; it probably only becomes more. I'm just basically focused on what I… — Alistair Overeem Copy Share Image
Food is art, I believe. If you are going to be serving a living thing, you have to honor that living thing… — Bryan Fuller Copy Share Image
Preparation for any role is a must, so that when the shot is happening, it's about reacting and living that moment. One… — Arjun Kapoor Copy Share Image
The Super Bowl is the biggest event in America, the biggest event in television. The preparation and all of the behind-the-scenes detail… — Jim Nantz Copy Share Image
I personally prefer long-distance walking, but we are talking about pre-tournament preparation. During a tournament I make do with walking, mainly to… — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
Don't be too forward but be agile, what will be will be. Just be prepared, opportunity may come, take it gently, make… — Olajide Oluwatobiloba Copy Share Image
I would love to play cricket today, with all - I am not just talking of money - the opportunity you get,… — Glenn Turner Copy Share Image
I take it so seriously as far as meditation, notes, visualization, preparation, everything. I take it a lot more serious than a… — Jon Jones Copy Share Image
The joining together of a man and a woman to be legally and lawfully wed not only is preparation for future generations… — L. Tom Perry Copy Share Image
I felt as if I were walking with destiny, and that all my past life had been but a preparation for this… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“If you are an aspiring leader and you have not yet gone through any trouble, prepare for one. It is by going… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
It's not really a preparation when you know the character that you're playing. It's not too difficult. It would be more difficult… — Michael Jai White Copy Share Image
The secret of success is to be prepared to grab the opportunity when it comes. When you find opportunity, capture it by… — Anil Sinha Copy Share Image
Life is one long training session, in preparation for what will come. Life and death lose their meaning, there are only challenges… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
“Prior preparation is Success divided by half. Once you have fully prepared, every hand glove that obstacles wear to pull you away… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Truth gains more even by the errors of one who, with due study and preparation, thinks for himself, than by the true… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
