Tamora Pierce Quotes

It's better to have security and not need it than need it and not have it.

My mother would say, 'Stay ready so you don't have to get ready.' I spent a lot of my early years preparing for beautiful moments that have unfolded in my life so far.

It pays to be prepared.

It's better to be prepared than to get ready.

In fair weather prepare for foul.

We can't cross that bridge until we come to it, but I always like to lay down a pontoon ahead of time.

I never want to get caught with not expecting something.

We must prepare for everything.

Precaution is better than a cure.

Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it comes.

I just try to think of all the things that could go wrong so in that split second when it happens, maybe your body reacts in a way where it protects you just a little.

Precaution is better than cure.

Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the expense of joy.

No, but you've got to be here in case something does happen.

I think what a lot of fiction is, is the imagining of the worst so as to prepare ourselves.

It is far better to foresee even without certainty than not to foresee at all.

One should expect that the expected can be prevented, but the unexpected should have been expected.

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.

I believe in being prepared. I'm going to say that. Pray, prepare, proceed.

I try to prepare for everything beyond the extent of preparation.

Always be prepared to start.

Never wait for trouble.

Change before you have to.

I have deposited some of my journals here for fear of accidents.

In the military we plan for the worst case, because we have learned that if you do not, you will be surprised.