If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have the time to do it over?
Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.
It usually takes me two or three days to prepare an impromptu speech.
You can only fight the way you practice.
It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.
The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved.
Preparation for tomorrow is hard work today.
You've got to keep yourself in prime physical condition, because fatigue makes cowards of us all.
No wise pilot, no matter how great his talent and experience, fails to use his checklist.
You should be ready for any challenge. This readiness will make you happy.
It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.
Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.
It’s not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters.
A place for everything, everything in its place.
To become a champion requires a good mental attitude toward preparation. You have to accept the most tedious task with pleasure.
My advice is to never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time.
First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.
Great speakers are not born, they’re trained.