You win not by chance, but by preparation. ~ Roger Maris
You must be fully prepared to lose a great deal in order to make a great deal. ~ Traditional Proverbs
Why not seize pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation! ~ Jane Austen
Today’s preparation determines tomorrow’s achievement. ~ Author Unknown
Today is the best preparation for what tomorrow may bring. ~ Author Unknown
To win a war quickly takes long preparation. ~ Latin Proverbs
To make preparations does not spoil the trip. ~ Guinean Proverbs
Thorough preparation makes its own luck. ~ Joe Poyer
There is a time to fish and a time to prepare the fish. ~ Chinese Proverbs
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. ~ Wolin L. Powell
The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck. ~ Anthony Robbins Quotes
The five steps in teaching an employee new skills are preparation, explanation, showing, observation and supervision. ~ Harold Hook
The day you are leaving is not the time to start your preparations. ~ Nigerian Proverbs
The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today. ~ H. Jackson Brown Jr.
The best preparation for the future is the present well seen to, and the last duty done. ~ George MacDonald Quotes
The best preparation for a better life next year is a full, complete, harmonious, joyous life this year. ~ Thomas Dreier
The best match in the world will not light a candle unless the wick be first suitably prepared. ~ Algernon Blackwood
Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation. ~ Author Unknown
Spectacular achievements come from unspectacular preparation. ~ Roger Staubach
Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren’t enjoying today’s sunshine. ~ William Feather
Prepare yourself for when the water comes up to your knees. ~ Congolese Proverbs
Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson
One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. ~ Arthur Ashe
Men succeed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for their victories. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. ~ Elmer G. Letterman
Life is a long preparation for something that never happens. ~ William Butler Yeats
I’ve never been ready to do a single thing I’ve ever done in my life. I haven’t been prepared enough, haven’t studied enough, haven’t known enough. You can never be ready. There’s just so much to know. ~ Lyle Lovett
It takes one hour of preparation for each minute of presentation time. ~ Wayne Burgraff
If you prepare yourself at every point as well as you can, with whatever means you may have, however meager they may seem, you will be able to grasp opportunity for broader experience when it appears. Without preparation you cannot do it. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes
I don’t know a better preparation for life than a love of poetry and a good digestion. ~ Zona Gale
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. ~ English Proverbs
Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater. ~ Gail Godwin
God does not work in all hearts alike, but according to the preparation and sensitivity He finds in each. ~ Meister Eckhart
Confidence is preparation. Everything else is beyond your control. ~ Richard Kline
Confidence and courage come through preparation and practice. ~ Author Unknown
Before you prepare to improve the world, look around your own house three times. ~ Chinese Proverbs
Be ready when opportunity comes. Luck is the time when preparation and opportunity meet. ~ Roy D. Chapin Jr.
A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success. ~ Dr. Joyce Brothers
Spectacular achievement is always preceded by spectacular preparation. ~ Robert H. Schuller
