Famous quotes containing the word readiness:
“Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die.”
—Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)
“Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is still theoretically possible; and as the test of belief is willingness to act, one may say that faith is the readiness to act in a cause the prosperous issue of which is not certified to us in advance.”
—William James (1842–1910)
“There is probably an element of malice in the readiness to overestimate people: we are laying up for ourselves the pleasure of later cutting them down to size.”
—Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)