#preparing

A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#christian #eating #go #higher #his

Since the trade, I was just thinking about this day and mentally preparing to not get too excited. I knew I was going to have some extra adrenalin out there so I was really doing what I needed to do just to stay calm, you know, just try not to do too much. ↗

— Cory Lidle

#adrenalin #calm #day #doing #excited

I do beseech you to direct your efforts more to preparing youth for the path and less to preparing the path for the youth. ↗

— Ben Lindsey

#efforts #i #i do #less #more

On top of my to-do list in preparing for Beijing is 'On China' by Henry Kissinger, who has had firsthand experience with every top Chinese leader since Mao, so his insights are valuable and his access is perhaps unrivaled. ↗

— Gary Locke

#beijing #china #chinese #every #experience

Instead of joyfully looking forward to my birth, my mother began systematically preparing for her own death. She was fatalistic. ↗

— Lorna Luft

#birth #death #forward #her #instead

I am recording my first CD in Spanish and preparing myself for the next stage of my career. ↗

— Alicia Machado

#career #cd #first #i #i am

I just happen to like the work. I like preparing for a role. I like reading. I like analyzing. I like literature. I like emotions. I like working with other actors. ↗

— Elle Macpherson

#emotions #happen #i #just #like

I mean, a lot of time rehearsals are taken up with other things other than preparing a character. ↗

— John Malkovich

#i #lot #mean #other #preparing

When preparing to climb a mountain - pack a light heart. ↗

— Dan May

#heart #light #mountain #pack #preparing

I don't want to bother them and ruin the party they are preparing so carefully at La Scala. ↗

— Riccardo Muti

#carefully #i #la #party #preparing