#epa

I wish I had been more prepared, both for success and for failure, when I was younger. ↗

— Molly Ringwald

#both #failure #had #i #i wish

Very good coaches for ski jumpers stand at the top of the slope and watch the jumpers prepare, rather than standing at the bottom and watching them land. ↗

— Roland Joffe

#coaches #good #land #prepare #rather

The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss. ↗

— Thomas a Kempis

#first #first step #loss #our #repairing

Luck can often mean simply taking advantage of a situation at the right moment. It is possible to make your luck by being always prepared. ↗

— Michael Korda

#always #being #luck #make #mean

If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job. ↗

— Tom Landry

#job #prepared #will #you

There are two Americas - separate, unequal, and no longer even acknowledging each other except on the barest cultural terms. In the one nation, new millionaires are minted every day. In the other, human beings no longer necessary to our economy, to our society, are being devalued and destroyed. ↗

— David Simon

#americas #being #beings #cultural #day

The American people never carry an umbrella. They prepare to walk in eternal sunshine. ↗

— Alfred E. Smith

#american people #carry #eternal #never #people

I went to Jersey City State College to please a family member. I wasn't prepared for school. To say I failed out is putting it nicely. ↗

— Derek Luke

#college #failed #family #family member #i

Part of the way the work world works is not so much creating a separation between your work and your free time, but creating the illusion of a separation between your work and your free time. Every day is the weekend for me, which means I'm always busy. ↗

— Ian MacKaye

#between #busy #creating #day #every

If you don't have talent or preparation for whatever you want to do, you will not be successful in anything. ↗

— Alicia Machado

#preparation #successful #talent #want #whatever