Being Prepared Quotes

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. – Benjamin Franklin

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend four hours sharpening the axe. – Abraham Lincoln

People only see what they are prepared to see. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect . – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you are ready or not, to put this plan in to action. – Napoleon Hill

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way. – Henry David Thoreau

Before anything else, preparation is the key to success. – Alexander Graham Bell

It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan. – Eleanor Roosevelt

A man who does not plan long ahead will find trouble at his door. – Confucious

Few people have any next, they live from hand to mouth without a plan, and are always at the end of their line. – Ralph Waldo Emerson