Readiness Quotes

156 quotes by 132 authors

Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation. — Bashar al-Assad
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly.… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
When I see brokenness, poverty and crime in inner cities, I also see the enormous potential and readiness for transformation and rebirth. We are creating… — Lily Yeh
Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in their readiness to doubt. — H. L. Mencken
It is a doctrine of war not to assume the enemy will not come, but rather to rely on one's readiness to meet him; not… — Sun Tzu
I am not blaming those who are resolved to rule, only those who show an even greater readiness to submit. — Thucydides
In the beginning of his human life man was embryonic in the world of the matrix. There he received capacity and endowment for the reality… — Abdu'l-BahÃ¡
Wit in conversation is only a readiness of thought and a facility of expression, or a quick conception and an easy delivery. — Alexander Pope
Arm yourselves, and be ye men of valor, and be in readiness for the conflict; for it is better for us to perish in battle… — Winston Churchill
The readiness is all. — William Shakespeare
Sannyas is the art of flying... the art that stops the process of gravitation and starts the process of grace. All that is needed is… — Rajneesh
Man lives freely only by his readiness to die. — Mahatma Gandhi
...As the great Confucius said, "The one who would be in constant happiness must frequently change." Flow. But we keep looking back, don't we? We… — Anthony de Mello
Simplification of modes of proof is not merely an indication of advance in our knowledge of a subject, but is also the surest guarantee of… — Lord Kelvin
The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him;… — Sun Tzu
Writing enters into us when it gives us information about ourselves we are in need of *at the time that we are reading.* How obvious… — Vivian Gornick
Pentagon's readiness and modernization problems are not due to budget cuts. The are the result of habitual modes of conduct evolved during the Cold War… — Franklin C. Spinney
To put it simply, school readiness means creating in this country a public love of children. — Ernest L. Boyer
Failure is blindness to the strategic element in events; success is readiness for instant action when the opportune moment arrives. — Newell Dwight Hillis

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