#preparation

Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

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However, even during the preparations for action, we laid our plans in such a manner that should there be progress through diplomatic negotiation, we would be well prepared to cancel operations at the latest moment that communication technology would have permitted. ↗

— Hideki Tojo

#cancel #communication #diplomatic #during #even

I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

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Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. ↗

— John Dewey

#itself #life #preparation

Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living. ↗

— John Dewey

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When I cut the feet out of my pantyhose that one time, I saw it as my sign. I had been visualizing being self employed prior to this happening. It was my mental preparation meeting the opportunity in that moment. ↗

— Sara Blakely

#being #cut #employed #feet #had

Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine. ↗

— William Feather

#enjoying #making #people #preparation #rainy

My own position is so far on the obsessive side of preparation and professionalism that I fear my point of view is not going to be shared by anyone. ↗

— Jonny Wilkinson

#far #fear #going #i #my own

Stretching was a major part of my preparation. ↗

— Edwin Moses

#part #preparation #stretching

We said we would leave no stone unturned to get to Germany and now we are applying the same philosophy towards our tournament preparations. ↗

— John O'Neill

#germany #get #leave #now #our