Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
Springfield
Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
When schemes are laid in advance, it is surprising how often the circumstances fit in with them.
…That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom.
…And that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.