„Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.“

— John Wooden
„It’s a lifelong failing: she has never been prepared. But how can you have a sense of wonder if you’re prepared for everything? Prepared for the sunset. Prepared for the moonrise. Prepared for the ice storm. What a flat existence that would be.“
— Margaret Atwood
„In peace, prepare for war. In war, prepare for peace.“
— Sun Tzu
„Armenag Saroyan was the failed poet, the failed Presbyterian preacher, the failed American, the failed theological student.“
— William Saroyan
„If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.“
— Thomas Sowell