Quote by Tom Clancy

“[b.] be prepared to be prepared.”

— Arundhati Roy

“Being prepared prevents us from getting tripped up by unexpected glitches and surprises.”

— Susan C. Young

The best preparedness is the one that disarms the hostility of other nations and makes friends of them.

— Helen Keller

"Be Prepared." "Be prepared for what?" "Why, for any old thing."

— Robert Baden-Powell

“Be prepared, but look unprepared. That way, your opponent thinks he doesn’t have to prepare to defeat you.”

— Jarod Kintz

“Confusion to our enemies!”

— Salman Rushdie

The first part of preparedness is awareness. Without it, you are toast.

— Rock Cowles

“allies are essential; that commitments are so sacred that by nature they should be rare; and that grandstanding rarely gets anything done.”

— Alice Schroeder

“The mystery existing between an open moment and a person's preparedness reveals the truth.”

— Masatoshi Nakayama

“We cannot enter into alliances until we are acquainted with the designs of our neighbors.”

— Sun Tzu

“Enemies may unite to eliminate a common threat, but never without a wary eye fixed on their ally.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“This is a pact, my dear. An alliance. Allies never trust each other, but that doesn't spoil their effectiveness. Our motives might be quite…

— Ayn Rand