#preparation

For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation. ↗

— Rainer Maria Rilke

#being #difficult #human #human being #last

The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck. ↗

— Tony Robbins

#generates #luck #meeting #offspring #opportunity

Doing shows is always a side of skating that I've loved, it's the performing. I get to do that without the pressure, it's always fun between the skaters and the preparation, the show is always so much fun. ↗

— Kurt Browning

#between #doing #fun #get #i

A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#contacts #happy #happy childhood #human #poor

With my personal preparation at the piano, I can afford to hum at half voice. ↗

— Placido Domingo

#half #hum #i #i can #personal

I don't know a better preparation for life than a love of poetry and a good digestion. ↗

— Zona Gale

#digestion #good #good digestion #i #know

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. ↗

— Colin Powell

#failure #hard #hard work #learning #preparation

I turned down a scholarship to Yale. The problem with college is that there's a tendency to mistake preparation for productivity. You can prepare all you want, but if you never roll the dice you'll never be successful. ↗

— Shia LaBeouf

#dice #down #i #mistake #never

Confidence is preparation. Everything else is beyond your control. ↗

— Richard Kline

#confidence #control #else #everything #preparation

Training is such a vital part of preparation for a game, you really do train to play. It tops up your ability, like sharpening a carving knife. You can get away with not doing it for a while, as long as you have reached a certain standard of fitness. ↗

— Graeme Le Saux

#ability #away #carving #certain #doing