Got To Act

“You got to act. And you’ve got to be willing to fail, you got to be ready to crash and burn, with people on the phone, with starting a company, with whatever. If you’re afraid of failing, you won’t get very far.”
--Steve Jobs

Ready to Die for

“If you're not ready to die for it, take the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.”
--Malcolm X

Preparation for Success

“Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.”
--Henry Ford

A Ready Student

“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.”
--Buddha

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Love Redeems

“True, love does have the power to redeem, but only if we are ready for redemption.”
--Bell Hooks

Savage

“We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.”
--William James

Meet The Dream

“Sometimes we have the dream but we are not ourselves ready for the dream. We have to grow to meet it.”
--Louis L'Amour

Lady Fortune

“When a man is a favorite of fortune she never takes him unawares, and, however astonishing her favors may be, she finds him ready.”
--Napoleon Bonaparte

Stand Ajar

“The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.”
--Emily Dickinson

Reluctently Taught

“I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.”
--Winston Churchill

Great Friends

“There are three great friends: an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.”
--Benjamin Franklin