Preparedness Quotes:

Our top focus - protecting our Nation - must go beyond homeland preparedness; America will only be secure if we deal with threats before they happen, not just after they happen.

- Bill Frist

source: Congressional Record, Volume 150, pt. 13, September 07, 2004.

topic: America, Focus, Preparedness

Despair is most often the offspring of ill-preparedness.

- Donald E. Williams, Jr.

topic: Survival, Despair, Preparedness, Offspring

Preparedness never caused a war and unpreparedness never prevented one.

- Florence Prag Kahn

topic: War, Preparedness

We will see the day when we live on what we produce.

- Marion G. Romney

topic: Religious, Self Reliance, Preparedness, Emergency Preparedness

Fascinations breeds preparedness, and preparedness, survival.

- Peter Benchley

topic: Survival, Fascination, Preparedness

Military preparedness is absolutely a form of strength.

- Rachel Maddow

topic: Military, Preparedness, Form

Preparedness, when properly pursued, is a way of life, not a sudden, spectacular program.

- Spencer W. Kimball

topic: Survival, Way, Preparedness, Life Style, Disaster Preparedness

Preparedness is the ultimate confidence builder.

- Vince Lombardi

topic: Motivational, Preparedness, Builder

All things are ready, if our mind be so.

- William Shakespeare

topic: Attitude, Mind, Preparedness

We should lay up in peace what we shall need in war.

- Publilius Syrus

topic: War, Needs, Preparedness

There is no such thing as luck, merely opportunity meeting preparedness. George S. Patton Jr.

- George S. Patton

topic: Opportunity, Luck, Preparedness, No Such Thing As Luck

The best preparedness is the one that disarms the hostility of other nations and makes friends of them.

- Helen Keller

source: Helen Keller (1967). “Helen Keller, her Socialist years: writings and speeches”

topic: Friendship, Peace, Preparedness

[Donald] Trump's establishing his bona fides on military preparedness. No histrionics, just the facts.

- Rush Limbaugh

source: Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

topic: Military, Facts, Preparedness

so few people realize that preparedness never leads to peace, but that it is indeed the road to universal slaughter.

- Emma Goldman

source: Emma Goldman (1917*). “Preparedness, the road to universal slaughter”

topic: People, Realizing, Preparedness

The great test of life is to see whether we will hearken to and obey God's commands in the midst of the storms of life.

- Henry B. Eyring

topic: Religious, Self Reliance, Storm, Storms Of Life, Preparedness

We cannot stop natural disasters but we can arm ourselves with knowledge: so many lives wouldn't have to be lost if there was enough disaster preparedness.

- Petra Nemcova

source: "How supermodel Petra Nemcova's tragedy changed children's lives" by Hermione Hoby, www.theguardian.com. March 12, 2011.

topic: Arms, Enough, Natural, Emergency Preparedness, Preparedness

Plan ahead: It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark.

- Richard Cushing

topic: Inspirational, Rain, Ark, Inspiration And Life, Planning Ahead

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

- Benjamin Franklin

topic: Inspirational, War, 4th Of July, Management Motivation, Inspirational Softball

Many more people could ride out the storm-tossed waves in their economic lives if they had their year's supply of food…and were debt-free. Today we find that many have followed this counsel in reverse: they have at least a year's supply of debt and are food-free.

- Thomas S. Monson

topic: Religious, Years, People, Debt Free, Emergency Preparedness

If you are confident you have done everything possible to prepare yourself, then there is nothing to fear.

- Michael Jordan

topic: Done, Morale, Preparedness

Disaster preparedness, whether it's in anticipation of potential weather-related incidents or terrorist incidents requires a skill set that in my mind someone has to be trained for,.

- Bennie Thompson

topic: Skills, Weather, Mind, Preparedness, Disaster Preparedness

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

- Beth Moore

topic: Bigs, Preparing, High Expectations, Preparedness, Expectancy

Preparation through education is less costly than learning through tragedy.

- Max Mayfield

topic: Survival, Preparation, Tragedy, Preparedness, Disaster Preparedness

The best possible preparation for the future is a well lived present.

- George H. Brimhall

topic: Preparation, Wells, Preparation For The Future, Life Well Lived, Preparedness

Chance favors the prepared mind.

- Louis Pasteur

source: Lecture, University of Lille, December 7б 1854.

topic: Inspirational, Softball, Sports, Light Of My Life, Opportunity Knocks

It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark.

- Howard Ruff

topic: Inspirational, Rain, Ark, Inspiration And Life, Top 100

The time will come that gold will hold no comparison in value to a bushel of wheat.

- Brigham Young

source: Brigham Young (1855). “Journal of Discourses”, p.250

topic: Religious, Self Reliance, Gold, Emergency Preparedness, Preparedness

Preparedness is the key to success and victory.

- Douglas MacArthur

source: Douglas MacArthur, Edward T. Imparato (2001). “General MacArthur: Wisdom and Visions”, p.153, Turner Publishing Company

topic: Keys, Victory, Key To Success, Preparedness

The counsel to have a year's supply of basic food, clothing, and commodities was given fifty years ago and has been repeated many times since. Every father and mother are the family's store keepers. They should store whatever their own family would like to have in the case of an emergency...store a year's supply...that might keep us form starving in case of emergency.

- James E. Faust

topic: Mother, Religious, Father, Preparedness

Luck happens when preparedness and opportunity get together.

- Venita VanCaspel

source: Venita VanCaspel (1988). “Money Dynamics for the 1990s”, Simon & Schuster

topic: Opportunity, Luck, Together, Preparedness, Get Together

We have no butter... but I ask you, would you rather have butter or guns? Preparedness makes us powerful. Butter merely makes us fat.

- Hermann Goring

topic: Powerful, Gun, Nazism, Preparedness, Goering

Too often we bask in our comfortable complacency and rationalize that the ravages of war, economic disaster, famine, and earth quake cannot happen here. Those who believe this are either not acquainted with the revelations of the Lord, or they do not believe them. Those who smugly think these calamities will not happen, that they will somehow be set aside because of the righteousness of the Saints, are deceived and will rue the day they harbored such a delusion.

- Ezra Taft Benson

topic: Religious, War, Believe, Rue, Reliance

Win or lose you will never regret working hard, making sacrifices, being disciplined or focusing too much. Success is measured by what we have done to prepare for competition.

- John Smith

topic: Regret, Athlete, Sacrifice, Success Is Measured, Recipe For Success

The Lord has warned and forewarned us against a day of great tribulation and given us counsel, through His Servants, on how we can be prepared for these difficult times. Have we heeded His counsel?

- Ezra Taft Benson

source: Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

topic: Religious, Self Reliance, Difficult Times, Tribulation, Emergency Preparedness

Circumstances can force your hand. So think ahead!

- Robert A. Heinlein

source: Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.227, Penguin

topic: Thinking, Hands, Disaster, Preparedness, Disaster Preparedness

You must be prepared to work always without applause.

- Ernest Hemingway

source: Ernest Hemingway (2014). “The Hemingway Collection”, p.1053, Simon and Schuster

topic: Work, Applause, Be Prepared, Motivational Work, Acknowledgement

No true Latter-Day Saint, while physically or emotionally able will voluntarily shift the burden of his own or his family's well-being to someone else. So long as he can, under the inspiration of the Lord and with his own labors, he will supply himself and his family with the spiritual and temporal necessities of life.

- Spencer W. Kimball

source: Spencer W. Kimball (1982). “The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, Twelfth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints”

topic: Spiritual, Religious, Inspiration, Latter Day Saints, Preparedness

For over forty years, in a spirit of love, members of the Church have been counseled to be thrifty and self-reliant; to avoid debt; pay tithes and a generous fast offering; be industrious; and have sufficient food, clothing, and fuel on hand to last at least one year. Today there are compelling reasons to reemphasize this counsel.

- Ezra Taft Benson

topic: Religious, Compelling Reason, Offering, Self Reliant, Thrifty

Fear not little flock; do good; let earth and hell combine against you, for if ye are built upon my rock, they cannot prevail. . .Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not.

- Dallin H. Oaks

topic: Religious, Rocks, Doubt, Preparedness

The kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of God on the earth will be combined together at Christ's coming - and that time is not far distant. How I wish we could get the vision of this work, the genius of it, and realize the nearness of that great event. I am sure it would have a sobering effect upon us if we realized what is before us.

- Gordon B. Hinckley

topic: Religious, Heaven, Self Reliance, Preparedness

We should ask ourselves: What are the Brethren saying? The living prophets can open the visions of eternity; they give counsel on how to overcome the world. We cannot know what that counsel is if we do not listen.

- James E. Faust

source: "Reach Up for the Light".

topic: Religious, Blessing, Giving, Preparedness

When the devil is shouting 'no way', get ready...the way is about to show up.

- Jerry Savelle

topic: Devil, Way, Shouting, Readiness, Preparedness

Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine.

- William Feather

topic: Positive, Rain, Learning, Enjoy Today, Raining Day

As we have been continuously counseled for more than 60 years, let us have some food set aside that would sustain us for a time in case of need. But let us not panic nor go to extremes. Let us be prudent in every respect. And, above all, my brothers and sisters, let us move forward with faith in the Living God and His Beloved Son.

- Gordon B. Hinckley

topic: Religious, Brother, Moving, Emergency Preparedness, Preparedness

The cultivated person's first duty is to be always prepared to rewrite the encyclopedia.

- Umberto Eco

source: Umberto Eco (2013). “Serendipities: Language and Lunacy”, p.20, Columbia University Press

topic: Knowledge, Intelligent, People, Cultivation, Preparedness

If you are not prepared to look at your pupils strength's, don't touch their weaknesses.

- Reuven Feuerstein

topic: Looks, Weakness, Pupils, Preparedness

It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.

- Whitney M. Young

source: "Independent Lens: The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights". TV Series, 2013.

topic: Inspirational, Opportunity, Opportunist, Opportunity Knocks, Great Opportunity

The man who goes afoot, prepared to camp anywhere and in any weather, is the most independent fellow on earth.

- Horace Kephart

topic: Independent, Men, Weather, Campers, Backpacking

Love knows how to form itself. God will do his work if we do ours. Our job is to prepare ourselves for love. When we do, love finds us every time.

- Marianne Williamson

source: Interview with Ken Page, www.psychologytoday.com. January 22, 2012.

topic: Love, Inspirational, God, Preparedness

One common mistake is to think that one reality is the reality. You must always be prepared to leave one reality for a greater one.

- Mother Meera

source: Twitter post from Jan 14, 2016

topic: Mistake, Reality, Thinking, Preparedness, Alternate Realities

Recent surveys of Church members have shown a serious erosion in the number of families who have a year's supply of life's necessities. Most members plan to do it. Too few have begun... It is our sacred duty to care for our families, including our extended families.

- Thomas S. Monson

topic: Religious, Erosion, Years, Reliance, Church Members

We want you to be ready with your personal storehouses filled with at least a year's supply. You don't argue why it cannot be done; you just plan to organize and get it done.

- Spencer W. Kimball

topic: Religious, Years, Self Reliance, Emergency Preparedness, Preparedness

Everyone who owns a home recognizes the need for fire insurance. We hope and pray that there will never be a fire. Nevertheless, we pay for insurance to cover such a catastrophe, should it occur. We ought to do the same with reference to family welfare.

- Gordon B. Hinckley

topic: Religious, Home, Fire, Emergency Preparedness, Fire Insurance

No man is truly free who is in financial bondage. 'Think what you do when you run in debt', said Benjamin Franklin, 'you give another power over your liberty.'

- Ezra Taft Benson

source: Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

topic: Running, Religious, Men, Preparedness

The best place to have some food set aside is within our homes, together with a little money in savings. The best welfare program is our own welfare program. Five or six cans of wheat in the home are better than a bushel in the welfare granary. ... We can begin with a one week's food supply and gradually build it to a month, and then to three months. I am speaking now of food to cover basic needs.

- Gordon B. Hinckley

topic: Religious, Home, Self Reliance, Emergency Preparedness, Food Supply

We feel the need to emphasize with greater clarity the obligation for members of the Church to become more independent and self reliant.

- Gordon B. Hinckley

topic: Religious, Independent, Self, Self Reliant, Preparedness

While natural disasters capture headlines and national attention short-term, the work of recovery and rebuilding is long-term.

- Sylvia Mathews Burwell

topic: Recovery, Long, Attention, Preparedness, Disaster Preparedness