Quotes about Preparing

Preparing our city to achieve its destiny will require strong leadership. Votes: 4

Preparing for the ups and downs of life. Votes: 3

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. Votes: 3

Preparing for a future in music is an expensive proposition. Votes: 3

Preparing mentally takes more out of you than the physical aspect of it. Votes: 3

Preparing food is not just about yourself and others. It is about everything! Votes: 3

Preparing to live your dream is postponing it. You are either living it, or not. Votes: 3

Preparing for battle, plans were essential. But once the battle was joined, plans were useless. Votes: 3

Pitching in the big leagues is a dream. Preparing to pitch in the big leagues is a nightmare! Votes: 3

Preparing to lose is easy, but losing is hard. Preparing to win is hard, but winning is then easy. Votes: 3

Preparing for death is one of the most empowering things you can do. Thinking about death clarifies your life. Votes: 3

Preparing for your journey in the most thorough way possible will not diminish your experiences abroad. It will enhance them. Votes: 3

Preparing and cooking squid is easier than most fish. The only thing to remember is not to cook it for too long. Votes: 3

Preparing for the worst is an activity I have taken up since I turned thirty-five, and the worst actually began to happen. Votes: 3

[Preparing for award shows] gets insane. The dress, the hair, the makeup...I end up always picking the dress at the last second. Votes: 3

Preparing for another opponent isn't very glamorous. But it's Hollywood. You want to see the fun parts. The meeting rooms are not super fun. Votes: 3

Preparing to fight wild fires is only part of the solution, we must be more pro-active and prevent the fires before they start, or reduce their intensity by removing forest waste and fuel build up. Votes: 3

I never cooked before I became vegan. Preparing a meal as opposed to ordering in all the time, you start thinking about where your food comes from and how it gets to your table. You notice that chain. Votes: 3

Preparing food is one of life's great joys, but a lot of times, parents ask their kids if they want to cook with them and then tell them to go peel a bag of potatoes. That's not cooking - that's working! Votes: 3

A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride. Votes: 3

Preparing a character is the opposite of building-it is a demolishing, removing brick by brick everything in the actor's muscles, ideas and inhibitions that stands between him and the part, until one day, with a great rush of air, the character invades his every pore. Votes: 3

Preparing to improvise is at a level commensurate with mastering the structure in a European classical piece. Another way to define improvisation is spontaneous melody. In order to improvise, a player first needs to have memorized and analyzed the harmonic structure of so many pieces. Votes: 3

Should Disappointment, parent of Despair, Strive for her son to seize my careless heart; When, like a cloud, he sits upon the air, Preparing on his spell-bound prey to dart: Chase him away, sweet Hope, with visage bright, And fright him as the morning frightens night! Votes: 3

The simpler the food, the harder it is to prepare it well. You want to truly taste what it is you're eating. So that goes back to the trend of fine ingredients. It's very Japanese: Preparing good ingredients very simply, without distractions from the flavor of the ingredient itself. Votes: 3

Any time women come together with a collective intention, it's a powerful thing. Whether it's sitting down making a quilt, in a kitchen preparing a meal, in a club reading the same book, or around the table playing cards, or planning a birthday party, when women come together with a collective intention, magic happens. Votes: 3

All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen. Votes: 2

Fashion is like a party. Getting dressed is preparing to play a role. Votes: 2

How often we expect big things from God without preparing for big things from him Votes: 2

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable. Votes: 2

What was God doing before the divine creation? Was he preparing hell for people who asked such questions? Votes: 2

It's silly to work hard the whole week and then spoil it by not preparing properly before the game. Votes: 2

I concentrate on preparing to swim my race and let the other swimmers think about me, not me about them. Votes: 2

To be a consistent winner means preparing not just one day, one month or even one year - but for a lifetime. Votes: 2

evil labours with vast power and perpetual success - in vain: preparing always only the soil for unexpected good to sprout in. Votes: 2

I do beseech you to direct your efforts more to preparing youth for the path and less to preparing the path for the youth. Votes: 2

The West of which I speak is but another name for the Wild, and what I have been preparing to say is, that in Wildness is the preservation of the World Votes: 2

I've never seen radio as the minor leagues, where I'm just really preparing to be in the show that really counts, namely, television, which is, I think, what people often assume. I've never felt that way. Votes: 2

Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply. They're either speaking or preparing to speak. They're filtering everything through their own paradigms, reading their autobiography into other people's lives. Votes: 2

When I was preparing for one term's work in the Botvinnik school I had to spend a lot of time on king and pawn endings. So when I came to a tricky position in my own games I knew the winning method. Votes: 2

The hope we have in Christ is an absolute certainty. We can be sure that the place Christ is preparing for us will be ready when we arrive, because with Him nothing is left to chance. Everything He promised He will deliver. Votes: 2

She said, 'I'm so afraid.' And I said, 'why?,' and she said, 'Because I'm so profoundly happy, Dr. Rasul. Happiness like this is frightening.' I asked her why and she said, 'They only let you be this happy if they're preparing to take something from you. Votes: 2

Memorial Day will be celebrated ... by the usual betrayal of the dead, by the hypocritical patriotism of the politicians and contractors preparing for more wars, more graves to receive more flowers on future Memorial Days. The memory of the dead deserves a different dedication. To peace, to defiance of governments. Votes: 2

I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks. Votes: 1

You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest. Votes: 1

Studies have found that preparing your own food is usually healthier and less expensive than buying fast food. But most people just don't have the time. Votes: 1

God put us here to prepare this place for the next generation. That's our job. Raising children and helping the community, that's preparing for the next generation. Votes: 1

Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death. Votes: 1

When I'm preparing for a swim, I imagine absolutely everything about it: the color of the water, how cold it is, the taste of salt in my mouth. I visualize each and every stroke. Votes: 1

I think we're going to have some difficulty in front of us. I have absolutely no doubt the next three, four years Europe are going to be at best stagnation. We are preparing for tough times. Votes: 1

Rations were scarcely issued, and the men about preparing supper, when rumors that the enemy had been encountered that day near Gettysburg absorbed every other interest, and very soon orders came to march forthwith to Gettysburg. Votes: 1

I spend a lot of time preparing. I think a lot about what I want to do. I have prep books, little notebooks in which I write everything down before a sitting. Otherwise I would forget my ideas. Votes: 1

My parents didn't believe in luck. They believed in hard work and in preparing me to take advantage of opportunity. Like many parents, they taught me to be generous but never to depend on the generosity of others. Votes: 1

Those who are preparing for the coming of Christ should be sober, and watch unto prayer, for our adversary, the Devil, goeth about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour; whom we are to resist steadfast in the faith. Votes: 1

Sometimes you don't have the time to prepare yourself for looking good in front of the mirror with what you're wearing. And then when you go to work or go out, you don't like it. I spend a lot of time preparing. Votes: 1

Feeling earthquakes was part of growing up, and also preparing for them: doing earthquake drills, or having earthquake supplies. The looming feeling was part of my life. My experience of earthquakes has always been more the fear of them, or the possibility. Votes: 1

Social media changed Chinese mindset. More and more Chinese intend to embrace freedom of speech and human rights as their birthright, not some imported American privilege. But also, it gave the Chinese a national public sphere for people to, it's like a training of their citizenship, preparing for future democracy. Votes: 1

My earliest memories of my mom were of her multi-tasking - preparing dinner while checking on homework and housework; clearing the dinner plates while setting out bowls for breakfast; making sure we ate our breakfast while lining up bread, lunch meats, apples, and snacks assembly-line style so we could make our lunches. Votes: 1

Since the trade, I was just thinking about this day and mentally preparing to not get too excited. I knew I was going to have some extra adrenalin out there so I was really doing what I needed to do just to stay calm, you know, just try not to do too much. Votes: 1

In order to have good fried chicken, you should wash and season the bird the morning you're preparing it for dinner. Don't wait and do it right before you start cooking. Throw it in the refrigerator, seasoned, that morning, and give it a chance to soak up all the salt and pepper and goodness. Votes: 1

Motherhood is a great honor and privilege, yet it is also synonymous with servanthood. Every day women are called upon to selflessly meet the needs of their families. Whether they are awake at night nursing a baby, spending their time and money on less-than-grateful teenagers, or preparing meals, moms continuously put others before themselves. Votes: 1

I don't know any other lifestyle. I get up in the morning and I really do feel that the world is my oyster, and I start that way, the same as I would if I were preparing to write a song: put a blank piece of paper up on the piano and you go for it. Votes: 1

We're all products of what we want to project to the world. Even people who don't spend any time, or think they don't, on preparing themselves for the world out there - I think that ultimately they have for their whole lives groomed themselves to be a certain way, to present a face to the world. Votes: 1

I've never been much of a computer guy at least in terms of playing with computers. Actually until I was about 11 I didn't use a computer for preparing for games at all. I was playing a bit online, was using the chess club mainly. Now, obviously, the computer is an important tool for me preparing for my games. Votes: 1

I always say, 'Man, the Creator is preparing me for something. He's keeping the sun on me for some reason. He's keeping me aligned with that generation.' Because I genuinely love people, I love hip-hop, and I love using it as a tool to communicate and to create a better vibration. Life is short. I guess I'm lined up for a reason. Votes: 1

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail. Votes: 0

Failure to prepare is preparing to fail. Votes: 0

I'm always preparing for a regular life. Votes: 0

Poor, dear, silly Spring, preparing her annual surprise! Votes: 0

My months are spent preparing for the fall. Votes: 0

Life wastes itself whilst we are preparing to live. Votes: 0

Freedom is not nurtured by nations preparing for war. Votes: 0

When you stop planning and preparing . . . you stop winning. Votes: 0

The one who fails to prepare is preparing to fail. Votes: 0

Over-learning & over-preparing gives you the winning edge in any area. Votes: 0

Tom Cotton voted against preparing America for pandemics like Ebola... Votes: 0

I spend my days preparing for life, not preparing for death. Votes: 0

My horses make very silly faces when I'm preparing their meals. Votes: 0

Change only favours minds that are diligently looking and preparing for discovery. Votes: 0

People sometimes fail to live because they are always preparing to live. Votes: 0

When accepting or preparing for a role, fear is the motivating factor. Votes: 0

You either spend your life preparing or you spend your life repairing. Votes: 0

The absolute bottom line in coaching is organization and preparing for practice. Votes: 0

Instead of being on teams at school, I was preparing for auditions. Votes: 0

I don't feel anything right now. I am just preparing, that's it. Votes: 0

There is in the act of preparing, the moment you start caring. Votes: 0

I am not preparing myself or my family for anything but life. Votes: 0

God has been preparing me for what God had prepared for me. Votes: 0

Success is the result of psychologically preparing for it, prior to achieving it! Votes: 0

Life is a process of preparing to be dead for a long time. Votes: 0

You're better off not preparing, because what you prepare will always be wrong. Votes: 0

Our modern states are preparing for war without even knowing the future enemy. Votes: 0

The fine art of preparing sushi is something that you watch and learn. Votes: 0

Sometimes God allows us to be tested because He's preparing us for promotion. Votes: 0

AFFLICTION, n. An acclimatizing process preparing the soul for another and bitter world. Votes: 0

Machismo makes no provision for preparing lunch, doing the laundry, or minding the baby. Votes: 0

Right now I am preparing for another art exhibit in November in Palm Desert. Votes: 0

All patriarchal societies are either preparing for war, at war, or recovering from war. Votes: 0

Some honorable men spend their whole life preparing for a supreme act of treachery Votes: 0

. . . planning a brilliant menu and preparing it beautifully doesn't guarantee a recipe for success. Votes: 0

In Winter the bare boughs that seem to sleep Work covertly, preparing for their Spring. Votes: 0

The events and prophecies of our time are preparing us for the Savior's Second Coming. Votes: 0

For a single woman, preparing for company means wiping the lipstick off the milk carton. Votes: 0

What if things happened to you"”special, magic things"”because you'd been preparing for them? Votes: 0

I'm a better person when I'm preparing for a role, when I'm studying a role. Votes: 0

The business of the Christian is nothing else but to be ever preparing for death. Votes: 0

God is not preparing the Blessing for YOU, He is preparing YOU for the Blessing Votes: 0

Failure is not getting beat. Failure is when you don't do a good job preparing. Votes: 0

I suppose playing an older man is a way of preparing myself for getting older. Votes: 0

If I'm not working, I'm either sleeping or preparing for the next day of work. Votes: 0

It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war. Votes: 0

The only way faith can be relevant is by preparing the mind to receive it. Votes: 0

If I have not lost my mind I can sometimes hear it preparing to defect Votes: 0

Great performers are preparing and practicing for a winning day while everyone else is still asleep. Votes: 0

I'm preparing for a multimedia theater piece, Airport Music, that's coming up in New York City. Votes: 0

To work for delight and authentic festivity is barely distinguishable from preparing for a general insurrection Votes: 0

There is preparing, I hope, under the auspices of heaven, a way for a total emancipation. Votes: 0

The Englishman is too apt to neglect the present good in preparing against the possible evil. Votes: 0

In the wind, the trees, like agitated lions preparing to roar, shook their great green manes. Votes: 0

When the Holy Spirit calls your to fast, He is preparing you for what is ahead. Votes: 0

There's no real preparing at home for stand-up. You just go and you just do it. Votes: 0

It took me a while to realize that's just your body preparing you to do something. Votes: 0

Everything I was doing when I didn't have deals was preparing me for when I did Votes: 0

With science fiction I think we are preparing ourselves for contact with them, whoever they may be. Votes: 0

The devil will let a preacher prepare a sermon if it will keep him from preparing himself. Votes: 0

GRAPESHOT, n. An argument which the future is preparing in answer to the demands of American Socialism. Votes: 0

My process of preparing for any type of psychic work is to meditate and pray the rosary. Votes: 0

Sometimes when you lose you win, son. Failure is just life's way of preparing you for success. Votes: 0

For me, preparing the canvas takes longer than painting. The actual painting takes about half an hour. Votes: 0

When I work, I work very fast, but preparing to work can take any length of time. Votes: 0

There is always the risk of being over-confident when you are preparing to face a weaker player. Votes: 0

In all actuality, we got to do better about preparing our men for their interactions with women. Votes: 0

Landale's language burns away the mists of the past, preparing a place of welcome for our ghosts. Votes: 0

We can't be fighting the last war. We have to be preparing to fight the new war. Votes: 0

Mammals of every species indulge in play. Games are Nature's way of preparing us to face difficult realities. Votes: 0

The task of evangelism often involves preparing an open road so offenders can find their refuge in Christ. Votes: 0

Canada is preparing to play a major role in the continued stability and security of Afghanistan through ISAF. Votes: 0

Be a mentor to others. Your most important legacy is preparing new leaders to carry on your goals. Votes: 0

I am recording my first CD in Spanish and preparing myself for the next stage of my career. Votes: 0

I mean, a lot of time rehearsals are taken up with other things other than preparing a character. Votes: 0

If you aren't preparing for life like a war, you'll end up living like a prisoner of war. Votes: 0

Glorious is the tumult of the waves that crash against a vessel, preparing it for the seas of life. Votes: 0

You do not play then at whist, sir? Alas, what a sad old age you are preparing for yourself! Votes: 0

The sparrows are preparing for winter, each one dressed in a plain brown coat and singing a cheerful song. Votes: 0

I actually haven't even found a curriculum in America that is really preparing people for this 21st century world. Votes: 0

The great mercy of God was that while I was purposefully preparing God's people, He was purposefully preparing me. Votes: 0

The education of even a small child, therefore, does not aim at preparing him for school, but for life. Votes: 0

When you train your employees to be risk averse, then you're preparing your whole company to be reward challenged. Votes: 0

If I had only three years to serve the Lord, I would spend two of them studying and preparing. Votes: 0

I hide my grief, just like the blessed birds hide themselves when they are preparing to die, my love. Votes: 0

I've become increasingly fascinated with social media to improve on traditional ways of preparing for and predicting the future. Votes: 0

At home I keep things simple with fish, pasta and soups and am often preparing stuff for the family. Votes: 0

Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well. Votes: 0

Instead of joyfully looking forward to my birth, my mother began systematically preparing for her own death. She was fatalistic. Votes: 0

The Spirit goes ahead of us when we witness--- preparing the way, giving us the words, and granting us courage. Votes: 0

I'm preparing to be a mother one day and I really wanted to get inside the mind of a mom. Votes: 0

Striving for peace and preparing for war are incompatible with each other, and in our time more so than ever. Votes: 0

From my earliest memory, times of crisis seemed to end up with women in the kitchen preparing food for men. Votes: 0

Simply building a fence between a child and temptation is not the same things as preparing him to face life. Votes: 0

I love food and am very good at improvising when preparing it - it's a really creative experience for me. Votes: 0

I'd been busy, busy, so busy, preparing for life, while life floated by me, quiet and swift as a regatta. Votes: 0

I love chicken. But, like a lot of chefs and cooks, I get tired of preparing it the same way. Votes: 0

In the midst of an ordinary training day, I try to remind myself that I am preparing for the extraordinary. Votes: 0

When I was preparing for the film for tree weeks, with David Cronenberg, I had a lady friend come over. Votes: 0

I liken myself to someone who built the house he will live in one day and is preparing to furnish it. Votes: 0

Our Lord was 30 years preparing for 3 years of service. The modern stamp is to spend 3 hours preparing for 30 years of service. Votes: 0

The process of writing a book is like the process of preparing a dinner. Serving dishes, choosing ingredients and so on. Votes: 0

A whole generation of Americans will retire in poverty instead of prosperity, because they simply are not preparing for retirement now. Votes: 0

A whole generation of Americans will retire in poverty instead of prosperity, because they simply are not preparing for retirement now. Votes: 0

We see time's furrows on another's brow, And death intrench'd, preparing his assault; How few themselves in that just mirror see! Votes: 0

Look, every actor has a different way of preparing or creating a character and yeah, we all are from different backgrounds. Votes: 0

Spend the next few days preparing for the year ahead: Forgive everyone, let go of everything, let God take charge. Amen. Votes: 0

It feels like he's marking me. Like he's preparing me for something monumental. That could both change and ruin my life. Votes: 0

I spent the first twenty years of my writing career preparing for the mystery genre, which is my favorite literary form. Votes: 0

Independence of thought is a most valuable quality in a chess-player, both at the board and when preparing for a game. Votes: 0

Every single thing that has ever happened in your life is preparing you for a moment that is yet to come. Votes: 0

It takes a little time, but the pleasures of cooking begin before the pleasures of the palate, and preparing means anticipating ... Votes: 0

If you are truly serious abut preparing your child for the future, don't teach him to subtract teach him to deduct. Votes: 0

You spend more of the game preparing to win in the final seconds. And that is what separates winners from losers. Votes: 0

Well physically preparing for the role, definitely and then continuing to stay physically fit throughout filming, getting up, 4.00 4.30 in the morning. Votes: 0

Today we are mentally preparing for tomorrow. The thoughts we think, the words we speak, the beliefs we accept, shape our tomorrows. Votes: 0

I'm an expert cook when it comes to preparing the quail, ducks, geese and wild turkeys that I hunt on the farm. Votes: 0

Christ's public life extended only over eighteen months, and for this he had silently been preparing himself for thirty - two years. Votes: 0

We can help the work of justice by preparing for a marathon, not a sprint. A long obedience in the same direction Votes: 0

Astronauts are very professional and when they're preparing for launch, they prepare for it as the most serious endeavor of our lives. Votes: 0

Nobody hands you excellence on a silver platter. You earn it through planning, preparing, and persisting in the face of all obstacles. Votes: 0

We must be careful not to discourage our twelve-year-olds by making them waste the best years of their lives preparing for examinations. Votes: 0

For some time its been my habit to use images when preparing a speech: rather than write it down, I illustrate it. Votes: 0

At 2, I start preparing fish or chicken for dinner. I don't drive. I don't have hobbies. I have no desire to travel. Votes: 0

Combat is my profession and fighting was a great way to maintain a combat mindset while preparing to lead Marines in war. Votes: 0

Peace for us means the destruction of Israel. We are preparing for an all-out war, a war which will last for generations. Votes: 0

Many Americans genuinely fear that God is preparing to remove his hand of protection and blessing from our country, or perhaps already has. Votes: 0

Corporate planning cycles are a classic example of generals fighting the last war over again instead of preparing for what might lie ahead. Votes: 0

When they are preparing for war, those who rule by force speak most copiously about peace until they have completed the mobilization process. Votes: 0

Time rushes towards us with its hospital tray of infinitely varied narcotics, even while it is preparing us for its inevitably fatal operation. Votes: 0

Far more money has been lost by investors preparing for corrections, or trying to anticipate corrections, than has been lost in corrections themselves. Votes: 0

I'm getting fat ... as I planned. Luckily, my gut is intentional. I'm actually preparing for a big role. Sure, it's a cinnamon roll. Votes: 0

I have an idea that the phrase 'weaker sex' was coined by some woman to disarm the man she was preparing to overwhelm. Votes: 0

I'm always fighting to make the team anyway. I'm always preparing like I'm one of the bottom guys, trying to make the team. Votes: 0

I have an idea that the phrase weaker sex was coined by some woman to disarm some man she was preparing to overwhelm. Votes: 0

I take his hand, holding on tightly, preparing for the cameras, and dreading the moment when I will finally have to let go. Votes: 0

I have to say that, though it sounds so superficial, the accent really does help. I like having accents preparing for a part. Votes: 0

The acting part is easy; it's the preparing - lifting weights and getting your body in tip-top shape - that's the hard part. Votes: 0

I wonder many times that ever a child of God should have a sad heart, considering what the Lord is preparing for him. Votes: 0

Because of Christ, even our catastrophes have purpose. God is preparing our character for the time when we will see Him face to face. Votes: 0

Allow your dreams a place in your prayers and plans. God-given dreams can help you move into the future He is preparing for you. Votes: 0

Well, once I fried tofu and put Sriracha on it. After that I was so depressed I swore off preparing food for myself altogether. Votes: 0

I do endless chopping and preparing things. I really find that relaxing. I do a lot of thinking as I am chopping and cooking. Votes: 0

As any war veteran will tell you, there is a vast difference between preparing for battle and actually facing battle for the first time. Votes: 0

The way to prevent war is to bend every energy toward preventing it, not to proceed by the dubious indirection of preparing for it. Votes: 0

I believe that everyone chooses how to approach life. If you're proactive, you focus on preparing. If you're reactive, you end up focusing on repairing. Votes: 0

Sometimes I'm asked to list the most important steps in preparing for an evangelistic mission, and my reply is always the same: prayer... prayer... prayer. Votes: 0

For is there any practice less selfish, any labor less alienated, any time less wasted, than preparing something delicious and nourishing for people you love? Votes: 0

For is there any practice less selfish, any labor less alienated, any time less wasted, than preparing something delicious and nourishing for people you love?" Votes: 0

Courage - you develop courage by doing small things like just as if you wouldn't want to pick up a 100-pound weight without preparing yourself. Votes: 0

In reading our newspapers today, we can see how God is setting the table, getting everything in order, preparing the way for Christ to return. Votes: 0

When I was a child, my December weekends were spent making cards, decorating the tree, hanging the wreath and preparing brandy butter and peppermint creams. Votes: 0

Back in 2008, when we were first preparing to launch Tor.com, I knew I wanted Jo Walton to be a regular writer for the site. Votes: 0

You have to do a show as honestly as you can. But you also can't afford skepticism, because it's preparing for failure, which is useless. Votes: 0

When I'm playing the 1-guard, teams do a great job of just loading up and preparing for my drives and preparing for my three-point shots. Votes: 0

I miss my 'Facts of Life' family. But I had been preparing myself to leave the show for some time before we called it quits. Votes: 0

Over the years I must have spent thousands of hours silently brushing on the liquid coatings, preparing each sheet in anticipation of reaching the perfect print. Votes: 0

I will sleep no more but arise, You oceans that have been calm within me! how I feel you, fathomless, stirring, preparing unprecedented waves and storms. Votes: 0

The poem might come to you as you're preparing to teach a lecture, right? And when you say, "no" to that occasion, that poem is gone. Votes: 0

But you can enjoy my next announcement. As soon as I am back at my office I will start preparing something new that I can show. Votes: 0

A communist is like a crocodile: when it opens its mouth you cannot tell whether it is trying to smile or preparing to eat you up. Votes: 0

If people tell you that you should live your life preparing for the future, do not believe them. Real Life is found only in the present. Votes: 0

The art is in preparing the content for optimal human consumption. The data doesn't just talk back to you. You collect, you analyze, you tell stories. Votes: 0

When preparing a role, I work first on the body language and physical aspects of the performance; the psychological dimension comes naturally once I'm in character. Votes: 0

People on this planet are currently preparing to blow themselves up in ultimate thermonuclear wars. We are living among beings whose state of mind is destruction. Votes: 0

Looking at everything, I started to feel nauseous, as if the seventies had taken refuge here against extinction and were preparing to take over the world. Votes: 0

I hide my distress, just likethe blessed birds hide themselveswhen they are preparing to die. Wine! Wine, roses, music and yourindifference to my sadness, my loved-one! Votes: 0

Vice-President Ford, possibly preparing for higher duties, assessed Kissinger's part in the Syrian-Israeli troop disengagement as "the great diplomatic triumph of this century or perhaps any other. Votes: 0

It is important to experiment and endlessly seek after creating the best possible flavours when preparing foods. That means not being afraid to experiment with various ingredients Votes: 0

I said, 'Oh, I know. If the white folks is in Heaven too, then the black angels were in the kitchen, preparing the milk and honey.' Votes: 0

In the poorest countries...it is women who are the key to breaking out of poverty...and preparing another generation for...leading their countries into real security. Votes: 0

He who does nothing renders himself incapable of doing any thing; but while we are executing any work, we are preparing and qualifying ourselves to undertake another. Votes: 0

It is important to experiment and endlessly seek after creating the best possible flavors when preparing foods. That means not being afraid to experiment with various ingredients. Votes: 0

When I perform outside, the major problem that could arise is strong wind.I spend months preparing for the types of wind that occur in different locations. Votes: 0

Men have conceived a twofold use of sleep; it is a refreshing of the body in this life, and a preparing of the soul for the next. Votes: 0

This year is very difficult for me to run after I after I lose my fiancee. I'm not preparing very well. I have sadness in my heart. Votes: 0

You may be sure that when a man begins to call himself a realist he is preparing to do something that he is secretly ashamed of doing. Votes: 0

Americans do not have a good track record when it comes to preparing for disasters, unless they see a clear possibility of personally being in harms way. Votes: 0

Usually I love preparing. It's really the time I prefer, because it's a time of reflection and of possibility of growth - to let it cook inside. Votes: 0

I am mentally preparing myself for the five-year-old mind. I want to come down to their physical limitations and up to their sense of wonder and awe. Votes: 0

I regret very much to hear so many people, many of my own countrymen, predicting war, stating that Europe is preparing and arming for such a conflict. Votes: 0

In the deepest darkness God tenderly grasps my hand and whispers that darkness is nothing more than a place that He is preparing for the arrival of light. Votes: 0

If we listen and observe carefully the dying can teach us important things that we need to learn in preparing for the end of our own life's journey. Votes: 0

..no meal is good enough to justify all the money and effort wasted in preparing it. It is an illusion and an expense. Live as I do, undeceived. Votes: 0

Fight the good fight of faith; ignore all callings of doubt regardless of how loud they sound. Arm yourself always against disappointments by planning and preparing very well. Votes: 0

I speak on due consideration because Britain, France, and Mexico, have abolished slavery, and all other European states are preparing to abolish it as speedily as they can. Votes: 0

I'm saying that an editorial process that is preparing the material for publication counts as part of the inspiring process whereby God, in his sovereignty, gave every word. Votes: 0

I didn't even realize it was a grand slam (number thirty-one) because I was mentally preparing myself for Andy Benes because he struck me out the first time. Votes: 0

Derek Bok's most recent book, Our Underachieving Colleges, is worth scrutinizing. . . . Bok is . . . on solid ground in pointing out that our colleges underachieve in preparing students for citizenship. Votes: 0

Parenting is about preparing children to get along with each other, to get along with you and without you, and that it's impossible to get along without God. Votes: 0

We were preparing not Peace only, but Eternal Peace. There was about us the halo of some divine mission. We were bent on doing great, permanent noble things. Votes: 0

Im saying that an editorial process that is preparing the material for publication counts as part of the inspiring process whereby God, in his sovereignty, gave every word. Votes: 0

The notion that you would initiate a new product without preparing the way by persuasion and advertising and salesmanship is fantastic. It's an integral part of the system. Votes: 0

It is the oldest ironies that are still the most satisfying: man, when preparing for bloody war, will orate loudly and most eloquently in the name of peace. Votes: 0

Walk through the past and learn the way. I am walking through the present, taking action every day. I am preparing for the future in a great way. Votes: 0

The United States military are preparing weapons which could be used against the aliens, and they could get us into an intergalactic war without us ever having any warning. Votes: 0

But we do now receive a certain portion of His Spirit, tending towards perfection, and preparing us for incorruption, being little by little accustomed to receive and bear God Votes: 0

I am a person who dreads any kind of public exposure and any kind of public event. I spend all day, if I have to do a reading, preparing. Votes: 0

People accuse me of going overboard preparing for my first ten million years in eternity; in my opinion, people go overboard in worrying about their last ten on earth. Votes: 0

It [preparing for a role] is just like studying for a test and making the test easy; it makes it a lot of fun, especially when people enjoy it. Votes: 0

As a part of preparing those lawsuits, learning about those lawsuits, I learned about the various nuclear issues in parts of the nuclear production process I guess you'd say. Votes: 0

God is preparing his heroes; and when the opportunity comes, he can fit them into their places in a moment, and the world will wonder where they came from. Votes: 0

In many countries, schools are preparing students to participate in a democratic environment; yet schools themselves tend to be extremely autocratic, with all high-level decisions being made by adults. Votes: 0

So as I was growing up, my father was always in the middle of making a film or preparing a film. It was a full-time, all-consuming type of operation. Votes: 0

Play is a sacred thing, a divine ordinance, for developing in the child a harmonious and healthy organism, and preparing that organism for the commencement of the work of life. Votes: 0

When you look around the room during meetings and practice, you see that everyone has the same goal. It's obvious by the way that everyone is preparing and getting ready. Votes: 0

So many people of wealth understand much more about making and saving money than about using and enjoying it. They fail to live because they are always preparing to live. Votes: 0

It seems to me further, that it is very odd that fate should leave so careful a trail, and spend so little time preparing the one that must follow it. Votes: 0

Confidence - Poise and confidence are not possible unless you have prepared correctly. Failing to prepare is preparing to fail. Poise and confidence are a natural result of proper preparation. Votes: 0

I needed to do my current job well, keep preparing, and wait on God's timing. I needed to trust His leadership rather than try to force an outcome I wanted. Votes: 0

We are taking the steps necessary to be ready to send whatever assistance is requested of us, and we are preparing to receive citizens who seek refuge in our state. Votes: 0

We need to be reminded that there is nothing morbid about honestly confronting the fact of life's end, and preparing for it so that we may go gracefully and peacefully. Votes: 0

This is what you should do, let it rest. I'm playing football for LSU. I'm preparing for R-Kansas. I'm preparing for the next game, and the next game after that. Votes: 0

Mom and Dad had a lot to answer for, she decided. She couldn't even be rude to evil vampires who'd caged her boyfriend and were preparing to roast him alive. Votes: 0

We've had some fairly intensive discussions leading up to these meetings between NATO and Russia, preparing for them, and it's going to be a very important six months for NATO. Votes: 0

Fifty years after half a million gypsies were exterminated in the Second World War - thousands of them in Auschwitz - we're again preparing the mass killing of this minority. Votes: 0

Eternity is the divine treasure-house, and hope is the window, by means of which mortals are permitted to see, as through a glass darkly, the things which God is preparing. Votes: 0

We spend so much of our early lives trying to figure out who we really are. And we spend the rest of our lives preparing ourselves to let it go. Votes: 0

There are genocidal tendencies that are at the heart of the human potential, and I think if we don't talk about it, we're not preparing ourselves for a better future. Votes: 0

We are taking the steps necessary to be ready to send whatever assistance is requested of us, and we are preparing to receive citizens who seek refuge in our state Votes: 0

Isn't it strange how the leaders of nations can talk so eloquently about peace while they prepare for war? ... There is no way to make peace while preparing for war. Votes: 0

When preparing for a concert, I do lots of training. I work with a choreographer to create great moves and then I have to keep my voice strong with lessons. Votes: 0

The United States contributes to peace in both by serving as a buffer between and among regional powers that, while not preparing for armed conflict, do not fully trust one another. Votes: 0

Everyday some people discover you! What good things have you got for them? Just like preparing a soup, prepare good things and keep them ready for the people who discover you! Votes: 0

Thousands of mercenaries, who have trained in camps on the territory of Chechnya as well as come in from abroad, are actually preparing to impose extremist ideas on the whole world." Votes: 0

We must do everything we can to help our service members and veterans transition into civilian life once they return home, and that means preparing them for the tough job market. Votes: 0

Thousands of mercenaries, who have trained in camps on the territory of Chechnya as well as come in from abroad, are actually preparing to impose extremist ideas on the whole world. Votes: 0

Thousands of mercenaries, who have trained in camps on the territory of Chechnya as well as come in from abroad, are actually preparing to impose extremist ideas on the whole world Votes: 0

I got my dailies every day, although I couldn't always look at them because I was usually preparing for the next day's shoot, both as an actress and as the director. Votes: 0

God is always at work, though we cannot see it, preparing people he has chosen for leadership. When the crisis comes, God fits His appointee into the place ordained for him. Votes: 0

Joseph Smith was a prophet of God and the restorer of all things important to building the kingdom of God and preparing for the Second Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Votes: 0

As a kid, I'd go into the bathroom when I was having a tantrum. I'd be in the bathroom crying, studying myself in the mirror. I was preparing for future roles. Votes: 0

We are working as hard as we can; we are preparing ourselves as carefully as we can; we fully intend to make our contribution to the world in the coming century. Votes: 0

In club football you have your players and staff with you all the time, preparing for two games a week, you know them inside out, you have a discipline over them. Votes: 0

I just happen to like the work. I like preparing for a role. I like reading. I like analyzing. I like literature. I like emotions. I like working with other actors. Votes: 0

He longs to give us a magnificent reward. He knows that suffering is the only means of preparing us to know Him as He knows Himself, and to become ourselves divine. Votes: 0

Uncle Junior is a criminal, which makes him a villain, so it makes people want to watch him. My whole life as an actor has been preparing for something like this. Votes: 0

I must dissent emphatically from any proposal to spend any money on preparing a statue of me, more especially at a time when people do not have enough food and clothing. Votes: 0

And the Institute sent me a little film footage of Kinsey himself preparing to do an interview for television to talk about his work, so that was quite valuable for me. Votes: 0

In these early games you're focused on your performance. Just coming out and playing hard. There's not a lot you can do in terms of preparing and in terms of scouting. Votes: 0

I liked the ceremony, the ritual of preparing cocaine, as much as doing it. I did it for a year, loved it, then stopped. Now I feel the same way about cooking. Votes: 0

When in place of love you have grieves. And in place of glory nonfulfillment of hopes you earn, know that it's a natural catastrophe preparing you for distinguished conditions." - Darmie Orem Votes: 0

I believe that our Great Maker is preparing the world, in His own good time, to become one nation, speaking one language, and when armies and navies will be no longer required. Votes: 0

The sixth grade made my life successful by preparing me for the seventh and the seventh by preparing me for the eighth and so on. May it do the same for you. Votes: 0

When some external event raises your spirits and you think good days are preparing for you, do not believe it. It can never be so. Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Votes: 0

I am succeeding quite well in my work and the future looks well. What special mission is God preparing me for? Cutting off all earthly ties and isolating me as it were. Votes: 0

Hope sees a crown in reserve, mansions in readiness, and Jesus Himself preparing a place for us, and by the rapturous sight she sustains the soul under the sorrows of the hour. Votes: 0

When you're doing an out-and-out comedy, the notion of preparing for a character - I hope I don't reveal too much of myself here - but, uh, no, I'm not doing anything. Votes: 0

The business of the endgame is maneuvring to control critical squares, advancing or blockading passed pawns, preparing a breakthrough by the king, or exploiting the subtle superiority of one piece over another. Votes: 0

But I don't bet the farm on any of those possibilities, either. I'm also preparing, intelligently, to walk away from this, and walk away from it happy to have had the experience. Votes: 0

I didn't know how to go about preparing for the part of someone who can't remember who he is. The frustration angle is written in, but there's also this incredible passive state Votes: 0

There is always a part of my mind that is preparing for the worst, and another part of my mind that believes if I prepare enough for it, the worst won’t happen. Votes: 0

The time has come, or is about to come, when only large-scale civil disobedience, which should be nonviolent, can save the populations from the universal death which their governments are preparing for them. Votes: 0

At death we cross from one territory to another, but we'll have no trouble with visas. Our representative is already there, preparing for our arrival. As citizens of heaven, our entrance is incontestable. Votes: 0

Instead of planning the retirement of the Space Shuttle program, America should be preparing the shuttles for their next step in space: evolving, not shutting them down and laying off thousands of people. Votes: 0

When I was doing half-hour shows, I loved it and was preparing myself for the hour shows. Then when I did the hour shows, I was preparing myself for the specials and features. Votes: 0

Becoming food savvy is one thing, but it's amazing how fast savvy turns to snooty, and snooty leaves you preparing three-hour meals that break your budget and that the kids won't even eat. Votes: 0

Of your own indefatigable labor from early dawn and of your explicit instructions, that the batteries should reserve their ammunition, until the grand charge should commence, for which the enemy were undoubtedly preparing. Votes: 0

Each game we approach like a final. Today it was the opening game at home, we won and showed outstanding football qualities. We will be preparing for the next game the same way. Votes: 0

We are now preparing for the reform of the yuan's exchange rate system. For such reforms to take place, we need good economic conditions... and we need to do it under tight control. Votes: 0

We had no alternative except that of preparing for direct action, whereby we would present our very bodies as a means of laying our case before the conscience of the local and national community. Votes: 0

God is preparing you for greater things. He's going to take you further than you thought possible, so don't be surprised when He asks you to think better of yourself and to act accordingly. Votes: 0

God is not just saving individuals and preparing them for heaven; rather, He is creating a people among whom He can live and who in their life together will reproduce God's life and character. Votes: 0

Rachel Henson stood facing him, immaculate in her uniform and ready for duty as always. She looked as though she had spent her whole life preparing for this very moment - she always did. Votes: 0

The minute you step off that podium is the minute you start preparing for the next world championship. That's kind of how I work. You celebrate for a brief moment, then you move on. Votes: 0

The gods never send us this invitation to delight so readily or so strongly as when they are preparing some new agony. We are their bubbles; they blow us big before they prick us. Votes: 0

When I'm preparing for a swim, I imagine absolutely everything about it: the color of the water, how cold it is, the taste of salt in my mouth. I visualize each and every stroke. Votes: 0

Mosley is bigger than me. He's fast and his hand speed is still there. He's faster than most of my opponents. He's also preparing hard and he's also good, so we never underestimate our opponent. Votes: 0

A friend of mine had this great theory about the Teletubbies, that it's preparing us for being mindless. And getting us ready for living in an underground world. That's why the scenery is so flat. Votes: 0

This is the love that does all things; that brings to pass even the evils we suffer; so shaping them that they are but instruments of preparing the good which, as yet, has not arrived. Votes: 0

All of the products I take help me feel like I'm getting the maximum amount out of my workouts and out of my practice work. They're a big part of preparing and recovering each week. Votes: 0

I don't think about it, 'Wow! I'm the quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys.' For me, this is my job. This is what I've been preparing to do. And I really want to win badly. Votes: 0

At an age when most youngsters are preparing for their GCSEs, I was suddenly a jet-setter, briefly the toast of Hollywood and London's West End. My immature wishes and naive opinions were treated with respect. Votes: 0

Ballet really lends itself to that because there's such a sense of ritual, with wrapping the shoes every day and preparing new shoes for every performance. It's such a process. It's almost religious, in nature. Votes: 0

Community colleges are popular among political leaders of both parties. But because of the lack of funding and a lack of direction, they have lost their critical edge in preparing workers for a 21st-century economy. Votes: 0

I think that really what our training, what our culture, our religious institutions, our educational and cultural institutions should be about is preparing the heart for that journey outside of the cage of the ribs. Votes: 0

When Van Truex defined the difference between designing and decorating, he used the analogy of preparing a roast of beef. Design, he said, is the preparation and cooking; decorating is the final seasoning, the savoring. Votes: 0

Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration of their championship character. Votes: 0