Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Preparedness Quotes
Environmental AwarenessInnovationLeadershipPreparednessResponsibility Asteroids have us in our sight. The dinosaurs didn't have a space program, so they're not here to talk about this problem. We are, and we have the power to do something about it. I don't want to be the embarrassment of the galaxy, to have had the power to deflect an asteroid, and then not, and end up going extinct.
Military OperationsMilitary StrategyOverextensionPreparedness 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.
BrotherhoodCourageDeterminationPreparednessReadiness Give me the microphone in the ring, on a headset, or tell me to take a flat back I'll do it brother. I'm ready to go for anything.
EducationPreparednessReadinessResponsibility Too often we act - ask our schools to be truant officers, our teachers to be truant officers, because we're giving them children who have, you know, they're not ready to learn. And if they're not ready to learn by the third grade, they know they're behind.
AwarenessConfidenceLeadershipPreparednessResponsibility A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens.
Emergency preparednessPreparednessReadinessResponsibilitySelf Reliance Be Prepared... the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by previous thinking out and practicing how to act on any accident or emergency so that he is never taken by surprise.
CreationCreativityExpressionPreparednessReadiness I ain't never far away from a pencil and paper or a tape recorder.
PeacePreparednessSecurityStrengthWar If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.
ActionChangeInnovationLong-term PerspectivePreparedness We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction.
BeautyHumorImaginationPreparednessSocial Expectations The only way I'd be caught without makeup is if my radio fell in the bathtub while I was taking a bath and electrocuted me and I was in between makeup at home. I hope my husband would slap a little lipstick on me before he took me to the morgue.
ChallengeGrowthHumilityPreparednessResilience When life is too easy for us, we must beware or we may not be ready to meet the blows which sooner or later come to everyone, rich or poor.
CourageDeterminationPreparednessResilience I've heard there are troubles of more than one kind; some come from ahead, and some come from behind. But I've brought a big bat. I'm all ready, you see; now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!
OpportunityPreparednessSuccess One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
National SecurityPreparednessSelf Reliance A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well-digested plan is requisite; and their safety and interest require that they should promote such manufactories as tend to render them independent of others for essential, particularly military, supplies.
FamilyMemoryPreparednessProtectionSafety I always put clothes and family photos under the mattress, in case the house burns down.
ExpectationPreparednessSurpriseUnpredictability What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
LearningPracticePreparednessRefinement When you campaign and have to participate in so many debates just to the win the nomination of your party, you've had a lot of practice. You get to figure out as you go from one debate to another where you made your mistakes. By the time you get to the big debate you're pretty polished.
ChallengeConsequenceInevitabilityPreparednessVulnerability There will always be something to ruin our lives, it all depends on what or which finds us first. We are always ripe and ready to be taken.
AccountabilityCivic EngagementCompassionPreparednessSocietal Strength When the people become involved in their government, government becomes more accountable, and our society is stronger, more compassionate, and better prepared for the challenges of the future.
ForesightPreparednessRealism I must have been one of the least surprised people on earth on September 11. I felt very braced for that. I knew something like that was going to come.
