#preparation

It is a grave matter to enter a war, without adequate military preparation; it may prove fatal to come into peace, without moral and religious preparation. ↗

— Louis Finkelstein

#come #enter #fatal #grave #into

There is the danger of over preparation, of loss of spontaneity; over rehearsal is the most terrible thing you can imagine. We do have a very close association between costume and set designer, though. And the cameraman is very important, of course. ↗

— Terence Fisher

#between #cameraman #close #costume #course

Well, there's much more time to do a weekly show, and much more coverage - as it turns out, it was all preparation for the stuff I'm doing now - but it was interesting to see how much time was spent on how little airtime, compared to knocking out a show a day on the soaps. ↗

— Jonathan Frakes

#coverage #day #doing #how #i

Victory is the child of preparation and determination. ↗

— Sean Hampton

#determination #preparation #victory

You hit home runs not by chance but by preparation. ↗

— Roger Maris

#hit #home #home runs #preparation #runs

The preparation, commitment and desire to win will be no less than the last time I drove a grand prix car in anger. ↗

— Nigel Mansell

#car #commitment #desire #drove #grand

You had better live your best and act your best and think your best today; for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow. ↗

— Harriet Martineau

#best #better #follow #had #live

In preparation for it, we need to have folks who are trained, we need facilities, equipment and supplies, that are going to be built into our society, and we are going to spend a lot of money on it. ↗

— Major Owens

#equipment #facilities #folks #going #into

She pauses several treads from the bottom, listening, waiting; she is again possessed (it seems to be getting worse) by a dream-like feeling, as if she is standing in the wings, about to go onstage and perform in a play for which she is not appropriately dressed, and for which she has not adequately rehearsed. ↗

— Michael Cunningham

#domestic-life #loved-ones #numb-depression #preparation-to-face-the-day #putting-on-an-act

Washington's defeat in 1754 was followed by active military preparations on both sides. ↗

— Albert Bushnell Hart

#both #both sides #defeat #followed #military