Ready

Famous quotes containing the word ready:

    All the experts here ... say “There will be no war.” They said the same thing all through July 1914.... In those days I believed the experts. Today I have my tongue in my cheek. This does not mean I am become cynical; but as President I have to be ready just like a Fire Department!
    Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)

    Come, ye Sinners, poor and wretched,
    Weak and wounded, sick and sore.
    Jesus ready stands to save you,
    Full of Pity join’d with Pow’r.
    He is able, he is able, he is able;
    He is willing: doubt no more.
    Joseph Hart (1712–1768)

    It is safest to be moderately base—to be flexible in shame, and to be always ready for what is generous, good and just, when anything is to be gained by virtue.
    Sydney Smith (1771–1845)