Preparation Quotes

978 Preparation quotes by 747 unique authors

I've always considered myself to be just average talent and what I have is a ridiculous insane obsessiveness for practice and preparation. — Will Smith
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… — Jimmy Smits
If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism. — Thomas Sowell
Confidence doesn't come out of nowhere. It's a result of something... hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication. — Roger Staubach
Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary. — Robert Louis Stevenson
Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau… — W. Clement Stone
My life feels, week to week, incomplete to the level of being pointless if I am not in preparation for the next play or, ideally,… — Tom Stoppard
I know most Americans don't have this luxury, but we are in Los Angeles and are lucky enough to be able to grill outside almost… — Alison Sweeney
I try to prepare for everything beyond the extent of preparation. — Taylor Swift
At least with me, the match starts much, much earlier than the actual match. — Sachin Tendulkar
The Australian tour was good for us; it was ideal preparation for us. — Sachin Tendulkar
Shape your heart to front the hour, but dream not that the hours will last. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
There is no such thing as natural touch. Touch is something you create by hitting millions of golf balls. — Lee Trevino
When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the less known about the preparation the better. A wise diner… — Calvin Trillin
You need to take care of your time and practice, you need to rest and talk to media. So it's really important to organize those… — Yani Tseng
Progress comes to those who train and train; reliance on secret techniques will get you nowhere. — Morihei Ueshiba
The purpose of training is to tighten up the slack, toughen the body, and polish the spirit. — Morihei Ueshiba
Success is where preparation and opportunity meet. — Bobby Unser
As I got farther and farther along in the series I did less and less preparation. I didn't use outlines or sketches. I just had… — Jhonen Vasquez
Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so. — Gore Vidal
Luck is where opportunity meets preparation. — Denzel Washington
Bad seed is a robbery of the worst kind: for your pocket-book not only suffers by it, but your preparations are lost and a season… — George Washington
The future has a way of arriving unannounced. — George Will
In the sports arena I would say there is nothing like training and preparation. You have to train your mind as much as your body. — Venus Williams
I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity. — Oprah Winfrey

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