"We should live our lives as though Christ was coming this afternoon."
— Jimmy Carter

"I will prepare and some day my chance will come."
— Abraham Lincoln

"He who is best prepared can best serve his moment of inspiration."
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

"The will to win is nothing without the will to prepare."
— Juma Ikangaa

"Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability.... We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation."
— Thomas A. Edison

"Another way to be prepared is to think negatively. Yes, I'm a great optimist. but, when trying to make a decision, I often think of the worst case scenario. I call it 'the eaten by wolves factor.' If I do something, what's the most terrible thing that could happen? Would I be eaten by wolves? One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist, is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose. There are a lot of things I don't worry about, because I have a plan in place if they do."
— Randy Pausch (The Last Lecture)

"Opportunity is a haughty goddess who wastes no time with those who are unprepared."
— George S Clason

""You have to think ahead, to get ahead.""
— 17 year old cashier at Macy's talking about his future plans

"Organize, don't agonize."
— Nancy Pelosi

"SUCCESS IS BORN AT THE MARRIAGE OF PREPARATION AND OPPORTUNITY..."
— Press Amadu

"Chance favors the prepared mind."
— Louis Pasteur