The love of the bible will show itself in a believer’s readiness to bear evil as well as to do good. It will make him patient under provocation, forgiving when injured, meek when unjustly attacked, quiet when slandered. It will make him hear much, put up with much and look over much, submit often and deny himself often, all for the sake of peace.

Doubting does not prove that a man has no faith, but only that his faith is small. And even when our faith is small, the Lord is ready to help us.

Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct. Kindness, gentleness, long suffering, forbearance, patience, sympathy, a willingness to enter into childish troubles, a readiness to take part in childish joys, – these are the cords by which a child may be led most easily, – these are the clues you must follow if you would find the way to his heart.

You need to be ready to bat, whatever you are given; you have to take what is thrown at you.

A book is a conversation between the writer and the reader.

You have to be ready to receive help, whether that be through a book, a therapist or counselor, or a doctor of some kind. That willingness can lead you through a door to the other side, and that’s where healing can truly begin.

It is one thing to desire, another to be in capacity fit for what we desire

Good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation

For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.

Big time, I’m always ready for TV. I don’t have to edit my jokes — when you work clean, you can work anywhere.

Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.

You can become an unstoppable, consistent, goal achieving machine. You just need to practice the proven strategies contained in my talks and books.

You never know when the next opportunity will come, so always be ready for it.

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.

You are in every line I have ever read.

The true courage of civilized nations is readiness for sacrifice in the service of the state, so that the individual counts as only one amongst many. The important thing here is not personal mettle but aligning oneself with the universal.

If we are wise, let us prepare for the worst.

We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.

All blacked up, ready to come and act up. 300 easy for niggas to get wrapped up.