#readiness

There is probably an element of malice in our readiness to overestimate people - we are, as it were, laying up for ourselves the pleasure of later cutting them down to size. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#down #element #later #laying #malice

The most considerable difference I note among men is not in their readiness to fall into error, but in their readiness to acknowledge these inevitable lapses. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

#among #considerable #difference #error #fall

The threat to globalization is not the wasted American dollars but Washington's readiness to mix US commercial interests with its self-appointed role as global protector. ↗

— William Greider

#commercial #dollars #global #globalization #interests

While our nation faces many challenges that must be met regarding homeland security and our military readiness, it is imperative that we live within our means and wisely spend taxpayer dollars. ↗

— Michael Crapo

#dollars #faces #homeland #homeland security #imperative

All things are ready, if our mind be so. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#preparation #preparedness #readiness #attitude

There are two things we should always be 1. raw and 2. ready. When you are raw, you are always ready and when you are ready you usually realize that you are raw. Waiting for perfection is not an answer, one cannot say "I will be ready when I am perfect" because then you will never be ready, rather one must say "I am raw and I am ready just like this right now, how and who I am. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#courage #inspiration #inspirational #inspirational-attitude #inspirational-life

Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#believe #civilized #doubt #men #proportion

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

— G. M. Trevelyan

#readiness #responsibility #springs #thought

And indeed, last week, the FBI executed a search warrant on my residence. This happened one day after my attorneys had left a message on the lead FBI investigator's voice mail confirming my continued readiness to answer questions and otherwise cooperate. ↗

— Steven Hatfill

#answer #attorneys #confirming #continued #cooperate

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

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#contradiction #courage #desire #die #form