Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Preparation Quotes
DedicationMotivationPerformancePreparationTraining If you train with fast athletes, it keeps you pushing. I know that good preparation is more important than everything else.
AchievementEndurancePainPerseverancePreparation Where the marathon starts is after 30 kilometers. That's where you feel pain everywhere in your body. The muscles are really aching, and only the most prepared and well-organized athlete is going to do well after that.
ForesightPlanningPreparationStrategySuccess The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand.
ArtistryCreativityPreparationStorytellingThoughtfulness I don't go in and just get to rapping off the dome. I think about it. I really think about it, especially when I make the story.
ClarityEfficiencyOrganizationPlanningPreparation Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.
MindsetPerformancePerseverancePreparationResilience Sometimes, I arrive at races more energetic and clear-minded than ever, and then I have a terrible race. And the opposite is also true.
CommunicationExpressionPreparationSocietySuperficiality People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they'll have good voice boxes in case there's ever anything really meaningful to say.
Cause and EffectConsequenceEffortPreparation Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.
JourneyMindsetPlanningPreparationSuccess To win is not important. To be successful is not even important. How to plan and prepare is crucial. When you plan very well and prepare very well, then success can come on the way. Then winning can come on your way.
CommunicationConfidenceImpactPreparationSelf-Improvement Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.
ActingCharacter PortrayalMythologyPerformancePreparation For 'Hercules,' I went for the demigod look: big and mean. When you're playing a character like the son of Zeus, you only get one shot.
Hard WorkInspirationPerseverancePossibilityPreparation Go see 'Hidden Figures,' and take a young person! It will give a more positive outlook on what is possible if you work hard, do your best, and are prepared.
CreativityExperienceFilmmakingPreparationTechnical Skills Even before 'Moon,' I did a short film called 'Whistle,' and it had a lot of the things that I thought I would need to be able to do on a feature film: I shot on location, there was special FX work, there was stunt work, we used squibs, I shot on 35 mm film.
OpportunityPatiencePreparationStrategy The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy.
FulfillmentGrowthHappinessHealthPreparation Happiness doesn't come from being rich, nor merely from being successful in your career, nor by self-indulgence. One step towards happiness is to make yourself healthy and strong while you are a boy so that you can be useful and so you can enjoy life when you are a man.
AdventureExperienceLearningPreparationSelf-Improvement Personally, I like reading adventures which really have happened to people, because they show what kind of things might happen to oneself, and they teach one how to 'Be Prepared' to meet them.
DiligenceEffortPreparation It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
AuthenticityConfidenceImpromptuPreparationSpontaneity That's why I don't want to know the questions before, when I give interviews whether TV or print. I don't want to prepare myself for what I will answer.
OutcomePreparationStrategyVictoryWar Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
CautionLeadershipPreparationStrategyWisdom The enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution.
GeopoliticsGovernmentMilitary InvolvementPreparationResponsibility When you decide to get involved in a military operation in a place like Syria, you've got to be prepared, as we learned from Iraq and Afghanistan, to become the government, and I'm not sure any country, either the United States or I don't hear of anyone else, who's willing to take on that responsibility.
ActionEffortPerseverancePreparationSuccess Just remember, you can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.
CreativityDedicationPreparationWork Ethic I work all day, do research, sketch my ideas, prepare for performances.
ActorDedicationDisciplinePreparation Oh yes. I'm an actor, so I just learn my lines, and show up and do it. I gave it a little bit of thought.
