Preparing Combat Ready

Famous quotes containing the words preparing, combat and/or ready:

    “In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.”
    —Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969)

    “The combat ended for want of combatants.”
    —Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)

    “Not for nothing does it say in the Commandments ‘Thou shalt not make unto thee any image’ ... Every image is a sin.... When you love someone you leave every possibility open to them, and in spite of all the memories of the past you are ready to be surprised, again and again surprised, at how different they are, how various, not a finished image.”
    —Max Frisch (1911–1991)