Disaster Planning, Disaster Management, Preparedness, Disaster Relief, Disaster Response Quotes

The appointment of a woman to office is an innovation for which the public is not prepared, nor am I.

Better reap two days too soon than one day too late

What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens.

God is always on the side of the big battalions.

After victory, tighten your helmet chord.

Redundancy is ambiguous because it seems like a waste if nothing unusual happens. Except that something unusual happens-usually .

The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war

If you are prepared, then you are able to feel confident.

… you go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.

Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!

It is wise statesmanship which suggests that in time of peace we must prepare for war, and it is no less a wise benevolence that makes preparation in the hour of peace for assuaging the ills that are sure to accompany war.

Tolkien can say that Aragorn became king and reigned for a hundred years, and he was wise and good. But Tolkien doesn’t ask the question: What was Aragorn’s tax policy? Did he maintain a standing army? What did he do in times of flood and famine? And what about all these orcs? By the end of the war, Sauron is gone but all of the orcs aren’t gone – they’re in the mountains. Did Aragorn pursue a policy of systematic genocide and kill them? Even the little baby orcs, in their little orc cradles?

Preparation for life is so important. Luck is what happens when preparedness meets opportunity. Opportunity is all around us. Are you prepared?

A war regarded as inevitable or even probable, and therefore much prepared for, has a good chance of eventually being fought.

Chance favours a prepared mind.

Everybody's got plans... until they get hit.

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

In peace, as a wise man, he should make suitable preparation for war.

Great events ever depend but upon a single hair. The adroit man profits by everything, neglects nothing which can increase his chances; the less adroit, by sometimes disregarding a single chance, fails in everything.

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

The supposed quietude of a good man allures the ruffian; while on the other hand, arms, like law, discourage and keep the invader and the plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property.

One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.

The person who runs FEMA is someone who must have the trust of the president because the person who runs FEMA is the first voice oftentimes of someone whose life has been turned upside down here's from.

Before going into a room, make sure you can get out again.

All great events hang by a single thread. The clever man takes advantage of everything, neglects nothing that may give him some added opportunity; the less clever man, by neglecting one thing, sometimes misses everything.