Fortune favors the prepared mind.
Louis Pasteur

Did you ever observe to whom the accidents happen? Chance favors only the prepared mind.
Louis Pasteur

In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.
Louis Pasteur

Where observation is concerned, chance favors only the prepared mind.
Louis Pasteur

Freedom is an indivisible word. If we want to enjoy it, and fight for it, we must be prepared to extend it to everyone, whether they are rich or poor, whether they agree with us or not, no matter what their race or the color of their skin.
Wendell Willkie

No, I think most astronauts recognize that the space shuttle program is very high-risk, and are prepared for accidents.
Sally Ride

Luck can often mean simply taking advantage of a situation at the right moment. It is possible to make your luck by being always prepared.
Michael Korda

A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.
Horace

The whole nuclear thing is a terrible mess and it's hard for me to understand why it is that we, the United States, seem to be the only ones that are really particularly concerned about it and prepared to do something.
Lawrence Eagleburger

The main failure of education is that it has not prepared people to comprehend matters concerning human destiny.
Norman Cousins

We feel that, with Sidney, we have a great opportunity over the next few years to put a great team on the ice. We're prepared to lose some money along the way. Eventually we're going to need some help.
Mario Lemieux

The only thing I wasn't prepared for was being everywhere all at the same time.
Justin Timberlake

My early childhood prepared me to be a social psychologist. I grew up in a South Bronx ghetto in a very poor family. From Sicilian origin, I was the first person in my family to complete high school, let alone go to college.
Philip Zimbardo

I think I've always been somebody, since the deaths of my father and brother, who was afraid to hope. So, I was more prepared for failure and for rejection than for success.
Amy Tan

The challenge is to manage the Web in an open way-not too much bureaucracy, not subject to political or commercial pressures. The U.S. should demonstrate that it is prepared to share control with the world.
Tim Berners-Lee

I was experiencing all the success the entertainment industry has to offer, but I knew there had to be something more. It was sort of through that God prepared me to hear about His great plan.
Kirk Cameron

A cause may be inconvenient, but it's magnificent. It's like champagne or high heels, and one must be prepared to suffer for it.
Arnold Bennett

We, Russia, are prepared to work with others. I am convinced that stability and security in Europe cannot be considered without taking Russia into account.
Boris Yeltsin

Generally speaking, if people are prepared to stick their heads above the power pit, like Zinn says, and absorb what's going on around them, it makes them think.
Thom Yorke

My whole life is waiting for the questions to which I have prepared answers.
Tom Stoppard