William Arthur Ward Quotes

To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.

It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.

Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.

Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.

Time spent on preparation is seldom wasted.

No matter what your work today, if it is worth while at all - time to plan it out, time to do it well, and time to finish it, is your day's greatest gift and your greatest job.

The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.

Success is not an accident. When you put yourself in the right place at the right time, then you're likely to be more successful because of how you prepare yourself on a daily basis.

So I feel like success is opportunity plus preparation, so work begets work, and as long as you're prepared it's going to continue to come your way.

I've learned the truth in these sayings: 'Luck is when opportunity meets preparation' and 'The right project will find you'.

The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well.

Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.

Time abides long enough for those who make use of it.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

If you fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail.

I believe success is preparation, because opportunity is going to knock on your door sooner or later but are you prepared to answer that?

It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.

I have so much that I want to do. I hate wasting time.

Preparation meets opportunity, and that causes success if you're prepared to do your job and you practice a lot, more times than not you're going to be successful.

I still have long lists of things that I want to accomplish every day.

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.

I set some goals: little goals first and then the big ones. I stopped thinking about big achievements.

Decide who you are and what your goals entail - then go for the roses. Life has little regard for those who waste time.

Better to be too early and have to try again, than be too late and have to catch up.

Develop a sense of urgency in your life.