Luck is where opportunity meets preparation.
Denzel Washington

Luck, that's when preparation and opportunity meet.
Pierre Trudeau

Man is created to be God's deputy on earth and it is important to realize the obligation to rid ourselves of all illusions and to make our lives a preparation for the next life.
Cat Stevens

Men may be spoiled by education, even as they are spoiled by illiteracy. Education is the preparation of the mind for future work, hence men should be educated with special reference to the work.
Timothy Thomas Fortune

My favorite part is the preparation because you read on the page, you get this character.
Ashley Scott

Ninety percent of the preparation we do as actors is just jive. It doesn't do anything.
William H. Macy

No man not inspired can make a good speech without preparation.
Daniel Webster

One day, out of irritation, I said, you know all of those years with the Royal Shakespeare Company, all those years of playing kings and princes and speaking black verse, and bestriding the landscape of England was nothing but a preparation for sitting in the captain's chair of the Enterprise.
Patrick Stewart

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

Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the war on terrorism have reduced the pace of military transformation and have revealed our lack of preparation for defensive and stability operations. This Administration has overextended our military.
Barack Obama

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.
Robert Louis Stevenson

Preparation for old age should begin not later than one's teens. A life which is empty of purpose until 65 will not suddenly become filled on retirement.
Dwight L. Moody

Preparation for war is a constant stimulus to suspicion and ill will.
James Monroe

Reports also suggest that Ernst and Young and other large tax preparation firms are sending tax returns overseas for processing. But the IRS has no control over tax information once it's been sent to India or another country.
Melissa Bean

Running a school where the students all succeed, even if some students have to help others to make the grade, is good preparation for democracy.
William Glasser

So many actors have sheer guts, will, and determination; they just need some preparation.
John Ratzenberger

Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine.
William Feather

Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation.
Robert H. Schuller

Stretching was a major part of my preparation.
Edwin Moses

Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.
Confucius