Barbara Boxer Quotes

To truly prepare for the unexpected, you've got to position yourself to keep a couple of options open so when the door of opportunity opens, you're close enough to squeeze through.

Security... it's simply the recognition that changes will take place and the knowledge that you're willing to deal with whatever happens.

Never expect anything, but plan for everything.

If anybody knows that you need to be prepared regardless of the situation, that's me.

It pays to be prepared.

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

Expect the best, Prepare for the worst.

There's always the new wrinkle. One must keep one's eyes always open.

I never want to get caught with not expecting something.

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

I want to keep different options for different futures open all the time.

You always have to be on top of your game, because you never know what is going to happen.

I'm like a monkey. You don't let go of one branch until you get a hold of the other.

We must prepare for everything.

You never know what you're going to have to face, so you'd better be prepared.

You prepare. You study. You've got to be ready for anything.

Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

There are no guarantees, but being ready sure beats being taken by surprise

If you stay ready, you don't have to get ready.

I stay ready so I don't have to get ready.

Ensure that both plan and dispositions are flexible, adaptable to circumstances. Your plan should foresee and provide for a next step in case of success or failure.

All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen.

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

Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.

Precaution is better than cure.