Preparation Quotes - Page 4

All things are ready, if our mind be so.

For some, putting in the time or work to be prepared and live deliberately is natural. For others? It’s work. However, as in the words of Thomas Jefferson, "If you want something you have never had, you must be willing to do something you have never done.

A positive attitude will help fortify your courage to build unshakable confidence and self-esteem.

Emotional intelligence marks one’s ability to perceive, understand, control, and evaluate his or her emotions.

One of the most compelling things about you is the energy you put forth—whether it is positive, negative, or neutral. And that is only the beginning.

Everything you are called to do has already been prepared for you by God, He just needs your obedience

Strive to see the best in others, situations, and experiences.

Without proper readiness, we’re subject to a 'flub,' or a costly mistake which might have been easily prevented with some simple homework beforehand. Failing to do so deteriorates credibility and reputation, leaving us vulnerable to an unfavorable impression.

Sometimes losses in life are not losses at all. They are simply the evidence God provides, in order to build a story so profound, that it will cause social change.

Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration of their championship character.

Remember that your attitude towards life determines life’s attitude toward you. At any moment, you can choose to change everything for the better.

Because the American people have traditionally taken a warlike, but not military, attitude to battle, and because they have always coupled a certain belligerence - no American likes being pushed around - with a complete unwillingness to prepare for combat, the Korean War was difficult, perhaps the most difficult in their history.

If you are going to devote your time to do something you claim you love, take this thought; "is this going to send me any far? How far can it send me? This is planning.

Athletes train 15 years for 15 seconds of performance. Ask them if they got lucky. Ask an athlete how he feels after a good workout. He will tell you that he feels spent. If he doesn't feel that way, it means he hasn't worked out to his maximum ability. Losers think life is unfair. They think only of their bad breaks. They don't consider that the person who is prepared and playing well still got the same bad breaks but overcame them. That is the difference. His threshold for tolerating pain becomes higher because in the end he is not training so much for the game but for his character. Alexander Graham Bell was desperately trying to invent a hearing aid for his partially deaf wife. He failed at inventing a hearing aid but in the process discovered the principles of the telephone. You wouldn't call someone like that lucky, would you?Good luck is when opportunity meets preparation. Without effort and preparation, lucky coincidences don't happen.

Celebrate the success of others and they will be happy to see you succeed.

Your thoughts, beliefs, and interpretations filter how you see everything in your world—and here is the clincher—you get to choose!

You have to prepare physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually to conquer any mountain.

You don’t get lucky without preparation, and there’s no sense in being prepared if you’re not open to the possibility of a glorious accident.

Strive to be a proactive participant rather than a passive procrastinator.

Absolutely everything associated with your success is relationship based and emotionally connected. Developing your emotional intelligence is one of the wisest action you can take for personal and professional transformation.

Your body language continuously communicates for you, whether you are aware of it or not. Are your intended messages being well conveyed?

Success requires preparation and persistence effort.

Opportunity does not waste time with those who are unprepared.

Your thoughts, beliefs, and interpretations initiate and largely determine how you experience your reality.

Nothing I do is natural, realistic, organic or accidental. I'm never spontaneous, I'm completely premeditated.

Opportunity is a haughty goddess who wastes no time with those who are unprepared. a

Strive to be a possibility thinker rather than an impossibility thinker.

Be mindful of the words in your mind and in your mouth. Choose to use an affirming and positive vocabulary because your actions and outcomes will follow suit.

Doing your homework and being well prepared for appointments is one of the most powerful ways to set yourself apart from your competition to gain and retain new clients.

Emotionally intelligent people can focus their emotions to improve performance and productivity.

Why not seize the pleasure at once? -- How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!

Don’t participate or allow yourself to be dragged into other people’s dramas, complaints, or gossip.

No matter how potent your talents are, they remain to be out of use until you take time to develop them to their optimum level. This calls for preparation. Through preparation, personal branding, consistent exposure and productive connections, you set up a condition for your dreams to flourish and bear fruits!

Are you preparing yourself today for a better tomorrow? If not, how can you dare to live a better tomorrow?

When you make a deliberate effort to keep your thoughts positive, and authentically feel that way, more positive outcomes are inevitable.

The Law of Cause and Effect is as active in your life as the Law of Gravity. It teaches us that for every action there is a reaction.

Always give your resume of good deeds when you run into someone that you wronged many years ago. They simply need to know today's version of you, before they judge you on yesterday's news.

Take a moral inventory of ways you may be self-sabotaging and then take proactive steps to change them.

Preparation will not only fortify your confidence to approach life from a position of strength, but it will impress other people as well.

Get ready to take on the world from a position of personal power, strength, and intention!

Be a source of positive energy and inspiration for others.

Developing your emotional intelligence will allow you to explore new depths of understanding in yourself and others.

The death of a parent, he wrote, 'despite our preparation, indeed, despite our age, dislodges things deep in us, sets off reactions that surprise us and that may cut free memories and feelings that we had thought gone to ground long ago...

Homework doesn’t end when you receive a diploma. Often, it's just the beginning of your learning.

For most of her life she just expected things would work out, that people would be kind. Now she recognized her good fortune for what it was. She'd been lucky in so much, it had left her woefully unprepared for old age.

Don't rush in order to have things done early. Be prepared before you set off. That's the rule. However, this does not mean that you keep delaying the time for beginning. You must begin by all means! Go, get prepared!

But the truth is, there's little even the most organized people can do to prepare themselves for having children. They can buy all the books, observe friends and relations, review their own memories of childhood. But the distance between those proxy experiences and the real thing, ultimately, can be measured in light-years.

Smile generously at others and you may find that their smiles are returned right back to you.

Preparation is the key to leadership success. The more prepared you are the less your struggle to make it happen and the more your effectiveness!

Before you speak... I have already heard. Before you see... I had seen a million times. Before you reach... I came and departed, so is the way and life of a versatile soul.

Strive to be happy rather than downhearted or miserable—hopeful rather than resigned and doubtful.

Preparation time is necessary for your growth. Trust and believe everything you're going through is preparing you for some request you put out into the Universe.

Emotionally intelligent people know how to light their own fire to sustain their activities to accomplish your goals.

One would think that if people truly wanted to live incredible lives, they would do everything in their power to create a mindset which helped them get there. Right?

If you are going to devote your time to do something you claim you love, take this thought; "am I ready now? When can I begin and have it done without giving up?" This is preparation.

You were never born with a silver spoon in your mouth. Don't think that way. You were born with a diamond spoon in your palm. Carry it by your own hand. Now, feed yourself

Your attitude is the outward expression of your internal perceptions, self-esteem, and current thoughts.

Be prepared to say “no” to some things. That is the key. When you say “yes” to every invitation, event and call, you will come back to meet you plans on the paper in the same state you left them.

A violinist fiddled.With strings resined for winter.Summer's light splintered.

With homework, school prepares students for overtime. With reports, it prepares them for payday.