I am deeply aware of the dimension of luck. It’s so important to be prepared to receive it, but it is a major factor. There’s no question.

O Christian, look up and take comfort. Jesus has prepared a place for you, and those who follow Him shall never perish, neither shall anyone pluck them out of His hands.

Always be thou prepared, and so live that death may never find thee unprepared

I am prepared to admit that when it comes to dealing with the House and Senate leaders, Obama is terrible. But he’s great with the public. Which hates the House and Senate as much as he does.

DePaulo says that ‘singlism’ – a term she coined and for which we are prepared to forgive her – is not just aimed at unmarried women.

When I came to England, everyone told me that I’d get the hits, so I was prepared for that

If things happen it’s because God has prepared me. God has great things for us. If it’s God’s will that I be there, there I will be.

If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism

We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we will always be free.

We have fought for our land, we have fought for our sovereignty, small as we are we have won our independence and we are prepared to shed our blood… So, Blair keep your England, and let me keep my Zimbabwe.

It looked as if a night of dark intent was coming, and not only a night, an age. Someone had better be prepared for rage.

Zakalwe, in all human societies we have ever reviewed, in every age and every state, there has seldom if ever been a shortage of eager young males prepared to kill and die to preserve the security, comfort and prejudices of their elders, and what you call heroism is just an expression of this simple fact; there is never a scarcity of idiots.

Keeping calm allows you to think more clearly and being patient allows you to be prepared on how best to run a beautiful race.

We must remember that the main enemy is the Arabs. We must not declare war on the Arab States, but we must be prepared in our hearts and minds to see them not only as individuals, but as an Arab nation.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

We warriors of light must be prepared to have patience in difficult times and to know that the Universe is conspiring in our favor, even though we may not understand how.

The price a world language must be prepared to pay is submission to many different kinds of use.

If you love someone, you must be prepared to set them free.

Art is not chaste. Those ill prepared should be allowed no contact with art. Art is dangerous. If it is chaste, it is not art.

A Woman in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing. She goes where she will without pretense and arrives at her destination prepared to be herself and only herself.

If you just set out to be liked, you will be prepared to compromise on anything at anytime, and would achieve nothing.

To be prepared for War is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.

If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.

I was asked to act when I couldn’t act. I was asked to sing ‘Funny Face’ when I couldn’t sing, and dance with Fred Astaire when I couldn’t dance – and do all kinds of things I wasn’t prepared for. Then I tried like mad to cope with it.

Luck is for the ill-prepared.

I believe luck is preparation meeting opportunity. If you hadn’t been prepared when the opportunity came along, you wouldn’t have been lucky.

I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.

I always add a year to myself, so I’m prepared for my next birthday. So when I was 39, I was already 40.

Luck is just being prepared at all times, so when the door opens, you’re ready

The thrill of not knowing what’s going to happen trained me to be prepared for anything

Man is born to live and not to prepare for life.

Plans should be ephemeral, so be prepared to move away from them.

Chance does nothing that has not been prepared beforehand.

I was lucky in that when the opportunity came, I was prepared to meet it.

In order to succeed greatly, you have to be prepared to fail greatly. If you can’t do both of them, you’ve got a problem.