Preparing Combat Ready

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

“When they are preparing for war, those who rule by force speak most copiously about peace until they have completed the mobilization process.”
—Stefan Zweig (18811942)

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

“We are like travellers using the cinders of a volcano to roast their eggs. Whilst we see that it always stands ready to clothe what we would say, we cannot avoid the question whether the characters are not significant of themselves.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)