Readiness

—  Seneca, 5 AD-65 AD, Roman philosopher

—  Xaviera Hollander, 1943-, Dutch call girl & author

—  Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881, British Prime Minister

—  Lord Chesterfield, 1694-1773, English statesman & writer

—  Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer

—  Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881, British Prime Minister

—  Ovid, 43 BC-17 AD, Roman poet

—  George W. Bush, 1946-, American President

—  Theodore Roosevelt, 1858-1919, American President [1901-1909]

—  Elbert Hubbard, 1856-1915, American writer

—  George S. Patton, 1885-1945, American general

—  Cesare Pavese, 1908-1950, Italian writer

—  Bertolt Brecht, 1898-1956, German writer

—  Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894, Scottish writer

—  Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher

—  Hermann Hesse, 1877-1962, German writer, Nobel 1946

—  Joseph De Maistre, 1753-1821, Savoyard diplomat & philosopher

—  Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-2025, British cartoonist & epigrammatist

—  Søren Kierkegaard, 1813-1855, Danish philosopher

—  Saul Bellow, 1914-2005, Canadian-American writer, Nobel 1976

—  Titus Livius, 59 BC-17 AD, Roman historian

—  Ingmar Bergman, 1918 - 2007, Swedish filmmaker

Si vis pacem, para bellum.

—  Latin phrase

Libens-Volens-Potens

—  Latin phrase

Semper paratus.

—  motto of the US Coast Guard

—  Yannis Ritsos, 1909-1990, Greek poet

—  Dionysios Solomos, 1797-1857, Greek poet

—  T. S. Eliot, 1888-1965, British poet, Nobel 1948

—  Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886, American poet

—  George Carlin, 1936-2008, American comedian

Η βιωτική τη παλαιστική ομοιοτέρα ήπερ τῃ ορχηστική κατά το προς τα εμπίπτοντα και ου προεγνωσμένα έτοιμος και απτώς εστάναι.

—  Marcus Aurelius, 121-180 AD, Roman Emperor ‐ Meditations VII, 61

Ουκ αεί θέρος εσσείται, ποιείσθε καλιάς.

—  Hesiod, 7th cent. BC, Ancient Greek poet ‐ Works and Days -503

—  Motto of the Boy Scouts