Preparation Quotes

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my ax.

Put your trust in God, but keep your powder dry.

Oliver Cromwell

Sarcastic Quotes

Hope

I just like knowing where everybody is.

Most important thing your Grandpa ever taught me. Be ready. Hurricane, flood, whatever it ends up being. No more food gets delivered to the grocery store, gas stations dry up. People turn on one another and all of a sudden all that stands between you and being dead is you.

Prisoners

Keller Dover

Persistence, Resilience

Determination, Resolve

My whole body is an engine. This (arm) is a fireplug. And I'm going to light it up.

Better safe than sorry.

If the worst is a possibility, then you keep it on the table. Don't hide from it. Don't run. It can happen. And if and when it does, you need to have thought about it ahead of time. That way you're not crushed when your worst thought becomes your reality.

Charles Martin

The Mountain Between Us

Ashley Knox

Courage

Bad

Persistence, Resilience

Anyone can kill someone in the heat of the moment. But surprisingly few can do it with calculated intent. To make that choice, then put it into action, it’s way harder than just letting your emotions lead you. It’s all about preparation. Resolve.

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc

Except they had never had a fight. Not in the sense meant by people paid to fight or die. Pushing and shoving at the schoolyard gate or on the sidewalk outside the soda shop or late at night after a start-of-summer keg party was as far from fighting as two fat guys tossing lame spirals in the park were from the Superbowl.