“The good life is the best preparation for bad times.”

“A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.”

Horace (-65–-8 BC) Roman lyric poet

“The curse of an interesting life: there are either very good times or very bad times.”

Alethea Kontis (1976) American writer

“Life is a preparation for the future; and the best preparation for the future is to live as if there were none.”

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity

“The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live.”

Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher fue el escritor del jarron azul

“It takes no more time to see the good side of life than to see the bad.”

Jimmy Buffett (1946) American singer–songwriter and businessman

“I've been a police officer for twenty years now and I'll tell you, pretty much every bad thing is life is a result of bad timing, and every good thing is the result of good timing.”

Gabrielle Zevin (1977) American writer

“The best stories don't come from "good vs. bad" but "good vs. good.”

Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) Russian writer

“We remember the good times and the bad ones, forgetting that most times are neither good nor bad. They just are.”

Brandon Sanderson book The Way of Kings

“Churchill has spent the best years of his life preparing impromptu remarks.”

F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead (1872–1930) British politician