Readiness Quotes

156 Readiness quotes by 130 unique authors

Husbands are not Christ. But they are called to be like him. And the specific point of likeness is the husband's readiness to suffer for… — John Piper
It is true that the virtues which are less esteemed and practiced now--independence, self-reliance, and the willingness to bear risks, the readiness to back one's… — Friedrich August von Hayek
One must have at least a readiness to love the other person, broadly speaking, if one is to be able to understand him. — Rollo May
Readiness to answer all questions is the infallible sign of stupidity. — Saul Bellow
[Praying] demands that you take to the road again and again, leaving your house and looking forward to a new land for yourself and your… — Henri Nouwen
Not a whit, we defy augury: there's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'tis not to come; if… — William Shakespeare
The modern habit of doing ceremonial things unceremoniously is no proof of humility; rather it proves the offender's inability to forget himself in the rite,… — C.S. Lewis
To be a true hero you must be a true Christian. To sum up then, heroism is largely based on two qualities- truthfulness and unselfishness,… — G.A. Henty
Care not for want of place; care for thy readiness to fill one. Care not for being unknown, but seek to be worthy of note. — Confucius
If we wait until we're ready, we'll be waiting for the rest of our lives. — Daniel Handler
Faithfulness requires the courage to risk everything on Jesus, the willingness to keep growing, and the readiness to risk failure throughout our lives. — Brennan Manning
A person's readiness to date is largely a matter of maturity and environment. — Myles Munroe
To have faith requires courage, the ability to take a risk, the readiness even to accept pain and disappointment. Whoever insists on safety and security… — Erich Fromm
The higher man is distinguished from the lower by his fearlessness and his readiness to challenge misfortune. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Perhaps, this is what love has always been, whether it is for a woman of for a cause -- the readiness to give and not… — F. Sionil JosÃ©
Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Poetry is a search for ways of communication; it must be conducted with openness, flexibility, and a constant readiness to listen. — Fleur Adcock
Social-enterprise employees earn wages and pay taxes, reducing their recidivism rates and dependence on government assistance. They also receive crucial on-the-job training, job-readiness skills, literacy… — George R. Roberts
Competitive skills are desperately needed by poor children in America, and realistic recognition of the economic roles that they may someday have an opportunity to… — Jonathan Kozol
When fear makes your choices for you, no security measures on earth will keep the things you dread from finding you. But if you can… — Martha Beck
It is imperative to change the way we look at education. We should invest in the foundation of school readiness from birth to age 5. — James Heckman
Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt. — Ambrose Bierce
That is not to say that we can relax our readiness to defend ourselves. Our armament must be adequate to the needs, but our faith… — Chester W. Nimitz
Base Ball, to be played thoroughly, requires the possession of muscular strength, great agility, quickness of eye, readiness of hand, and many other faculties of… — Henry Chadwick
I visited the Chinese side last year. The Chinese are in a constant state of military readiness. They have all their nuclear weapons in the… — Harrison Salisbury

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