Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

Plans will get you into things, but you have got to work your way out.

An hour of planning can say you 10 hours of doing.

What I do is prepare myself until I know I can do what I have to do.

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

The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.

Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it.

We signal that good can be achieved amongst human beings who are prepared to trust, prepared to believe in the goodness of people.