“We are not to wait to be in preparing to be. We are not to wait to do in preparing to do, but to find in being and doing preparation for higher being and doing.”

“Human beings are the sort of creature who has to know what to do when they don't know what to do. That's very paradoxical, and what we do is we prepare to do everything. We're on guard, and we prepare to do everything. It's very very stressful, but also something that's very engaging. It's something that heightens consciousness.”

“I don't want to do something for the sake of it. I am prepared to wait. If I wait until I am buried, too bad.”

“But chance runs like a river through all our lives, and being prepared for surprise is the best we can do.”

“… why did we wait for any thing? — why not seize the pleasure at once? — How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!”

“By spreading logical culture, we prepare the foundation for a scientific world-view and by doing this we enable development.”

“If you do not challenge yourself at every opportunity, then you will never be prepared when others do. Although rarely touted, preparation is the most significant criterion to obtain success.”

“The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.”

“The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well.”

“You plan, you prepare, and you’ll do just fine.”