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Readiness Quotes (page 26)

When the time comes, let loose a tiger and a devil; but wait for the time with the tiger and the devil chained -not shown- yet always ready. Charles Dickens
William Steig quote: "Oh, Life, I am yours. Whatever it is you want of me, I am..."
Oh, Life, I am yours. Whatever it is you want of me, I am ready to give. William Steig
But to secure freedom, entire and absolute freedom, she was ever ready to make any sacrifice: ties affected her with a discomfort that seemed really akin to physical pain, and she avoid them--ties of family or of affection, ties of habit or of thought--with all the strenuousness of which she was capable. W. Somerset Maugham
Jodi Picoult quote: "I can't answer a single one of these, which is how I know that..."
I can't answer a single one of these, which is how I know that whether I'm ready or not, I'm growing up. Jodi Picoult
Jane Austen quote: "A man always imagines a woman to be ready for anybody who asks..."
A man always imagines a woman to be ready for anybody who asks her. Jane Austen
Paulo Coelho quote: "On your journey to your dream, be ready to face oasis and..."
On your journey to your dream, be ready to face oasis and deserts. In both cases, don't stop Paulo Coelho
It is still summer, but the summer is no longer alive. It has come to a standstill; nothing withers, and fall is not ready to begin. There are no stars yet, just darkness. Tove Jansson
We Americans claim to be a peace-loving people. We hate bloodshed; we are opposed to violence. Yet we go into spasms of joy over the possibility of projecting dynamite bombs from flying machines upon helpless citizens. We are ready to hang, electrocute, or lynch anyone, who, from economic necessity, will risk his own life in the attempt upon that of some industrial magnate. Yet our hearts swell with pride at the thought that America is becoming the most powerful nation on earth, and that she... Emma Goldman
Then after a long time Annie wasn’t a little girl anymore. She was a big girl and I was so much in love with her that I lived in a dream. In the dream my heart seemed to be ready to burst, for it seemed that the whole world was inside it swelling to get out and be the world. But that summer came to an end. Time passed and nothing happened that we had felt so certain at one time would happen. Robert Penn Warren
She had been bored all afternoon by Percy Gryce... but she could not ignore him on the morrow, she must follow up her success, must submit to more boredom, must be ready with fresh compliances and adaptibilities, and all on the bare chance that he might ultimately decide to do her the honour of boring her for life. Edith Wharton
Perhaps,' Taran said quietly, watching the moon-white riverbank slip past them, 'perhaps you have the truth of it. At first I felt as you did. Then I remember thinking of Eilonwy, only of her; and the bauble showed its light. Prince Rhun was ready to lay down his life; his thoughts were for our safety, not at all for his own. And because he offered the greatest sacrifice, the bauble glowed brightest for him. Can that be its secret? To think more for others than ourselves?' That would... Lloyd Alexander
Chuck Klosterman quote: "I am ready to be alone."
I am ready to be alone. Chuck Klosterman
Monsters exist, but they are too few in numbers to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are…the functionaries ready to believe and act without asking questions. Primo Levi
In mystical traditions, it is one's own readiness that makes experiences exoteric or esoteric. The secret isn't that you're not being told. The secret is that you're not able to hear. Ram Dass
Simone de Beauvoir quote: "She was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather..."
She was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than admit that love might not be eternal. Simone de Beauvoir

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