#preparation

She pauses several treads from the bottom, listening, waiting; she is again possessed (it seems to be getting worse) by a dream-like feeling, as if she is standing in the wings, about to go onstage and perform in a play for which she is not appropriately dressed, and for which she has not adequately rehearsed. ↗

— Michael Cunningham

#domestic-life #loved-ones #numb-depression #preparation-to-face-the-day #putting-on-an-act

A plan is the transport medium which conveys a person from the station of dreams to the destination of success. Goals are the transport fees. ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#achievements #achievers #convey #destination #destiny

The will to win is nothing without the will to prepare. ↗

— Juma Ikangaa

#preparation #inspirational

Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#effective #fundamental #fundamentally #game #parts

Creating a top team and being in a position to win the Tour de France will give me a nice feeling. But I know it is not easy to create a top team from zero. You need good riders, good staff, a lot of preparation and, most important, a lot of sponsors. ↗

— Fernando Alonso

#create #creating #easy #feeling #france

One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. ↗

— Arthur Ashe

#key #key to success #preparation #self-confidence #success

The interparliamentary conference should, in my opinion, direct its particular attention to the preparation of the next Hague Conference, the diplomatic conference, the conference of governments. ↗

— Fredrik Bajer

#conference #diplomatic #direct #governments #hague

The five steps in teaching an employee new skills are preparation, explanation, showing, observation and supervision. ↗

— Bruce Barton

#employee #explanation #five #new #new skills

I don't come in with any preconceived ideas, and although I will have done some preparation, I can go which way the director wants. ↗

— Jacqueline Bisset

#any #come #director #done #go

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. ↗

— John Dewey

#itself #life #preparation