Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation.

Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the war on terrorism have reduced the pace of military transformation and have revealed our lack of preparation for defensive and stability operations. This Administration has overextended our military.

The most important and urgent problems of the technology of today are no longer the satisfactions of the primary needs or of archetypal wishes but the reparation of the evils and damages by the technology of yesterday.

A wisely chosen illustration is almost essential to fasten the truth upon the ordinary mind and no teacher can afford to neglect this part of his preparation.

The five steps in teaching an employee new skills are preparation explanation showing observation and supervision.

I believe success is preparation because opportunity is going to knock on your door sooner or later but are you prepared to answer that?

One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.

Before anything else preparation is the key to success.

I've completed the first part of my preparations without injury problems. My speed is good and I'm doing lots of volume for strength.

In the sports arena I would say there is nothing like training and preparation. You have to train your mind as much as your body.

Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.

I wouldn't treat a romantic scene any differently than any other scene. I would really say the biggest preparation was chewing gum and breath mints! For a kissing scene it's all about the breath mints!

In almost every country there are elements of opinion which would welcome such a conclusion because they wish to return to the politics of the balance of power unrestricted and unregulated armaments international anarchy and preparation for war.

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.

I don't know a better preparation for life than a love of poetry and a good digestion.

It is a grave matter to enter a war without adequate military preparation it may prove fatal to come into peace without moral and religious preparation.

For one human being to love another that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks the ultimate the last test and proof the work for which all other work is but preparation.

Week after week the heads of Red Army Intelligence received updates on the Wehrmacht's preparations.

An Edwardian lady in full dress was a wonder to behold and her preparations for viewing were awesome.

For my part I do not feel that the scheme of future happiness which ought by rights to be in preparation for me will be at all interfered with by my not meeting again the man I have in my. mind.

The best preparation for the future is the present well seen to and the last duty done.

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.

When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the less known about the preparation the better. A wise diner who is invited to visit the kitchen replies by saying as politely as possible that he has a pressing engagement elsewhere.

Training is such a vital part of preparation for a game you really do train to play. It tops up your ability like sharpening a carving knife. You can get away with not doing it for a while as long as you have reached a certain standard of fitness.