Win The Life

The readiness of doing doth express No other but the doer's willingness. - Robert Herrick

 

My manner of living is plain and I do not mean to be put out of it. A glass of wine and a bit of mutton are always ready. - George Washington

 

Ready tears are a sign of treachery, not of grief. - Publius [Publilius Syrus]

 

There is probably an element of malice in our readiness to overestimate people, we are, as it were, laying up for ourselves the pleasure of later cutting them down to size. - Eric Hoffer

 

I will study and get ready, and perhaps my chance will come. - Abraham Lincoln

 

I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet gone ourselves. - Edward Morgan Forster

 

Little by little some psychological point of readiness had been reached and passed - Stephen Edwin King

 

Keep constantly in mind in how many things you yourself have witnessed change already. The universe is change; life is understanding. - Marc Antony [Marcus Antonius]

 

We cannot put off living until we are ready. - Jose Ortega Y Gasset

 

Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive. - Cicero

 

Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.-G. M. Trevelyan

 

And indeed, last week, the FBI executed a search warrant on my residence. This happened one day after my attorneys had left a message on the lead FBI investigator's voice mail confirming my continued readiness to answer questions and otherwise cooperate.-Steven Hatfill

 

Base Ball, to be played thoroughly, requires the possession of muscular strength, great agility, quickness of eye, readiness of hand, and many other faculties of mind and body that mark the man of nerve.-Henry Chadwick

 

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.-Gilbert K. Chesterton

 

History offers no evidence for the proposition that the assignment of women to military combat jobs is the way to win wars, improve combat readiness, or promote national security.-Phyllis Schlafly

 

I directed the men in our barque to approach near the savages, and hold their arms in readiness to do their duty in case they notice any movement of these people against us.-Samuel de Champlain

 

I perceive two things in Scotland of the most fearful omen: ignorance of theological truth, and a readiness to pride themselves in and boast of it.-Edward Irving

 

I visited the Chinese side last year. The Chinese are in a constant state of military readiness. They have all their nuclear weapons in the area, presumably trained on targets across the border.-Harrison Salisbury

 

I'm relieved that the state of the Marines' readiness will remain high.-Susan Davis

 

Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.-Marcus Tullius Cicero

 

Man lives freely only by his readiness to die, if need be, at the hands of his brother, never by killing him.-Mohandas Gandhi

 

Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.-Ambrose Bierce

 

That is not to say that we can relax our readiness to defend ourselves. Our armament must be adequate to the needs, but our faith is not primarily in these machines of defense but in ourselves.-Chester W. Nimitz

 

The most considerable difference I note among men is not in their readiness to fall into error, but in their readiness to acknowledge these inevitable lapses.-Thomas Huxley

 

The threat to globalization is not the wasted American dollars but Washington's readiness to mix US commercial interests with its self-appointed role as global protector.-William Greider

 

There is probably an element of malice in our readiness to overestimate people - we are, as it were, laying up for ourselves the pleasure of later cutting them down to size.-Eric Hoffer

 

There should be a readiness, on our part, to investigate with candor to follow the truth wherever it may lead us, and to submit, without reserve or objection, to all the teachings of this religion, if it be found to be of divine origin.-Simon Greenleaf

 

Today nearly every combat brigade located within the United States would report that they are not ready for duty. They are at the lowest levels of readiness.-Ike Skelton

 

While our nation faces many challenges that must be met regarding homeland security and our military readiness, it is imperative that we live within our means and wisely spend taxpayer dollars.-Michael Crapo

 

Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation.-Bashar al-Assad