(noun) The act of preparing or getting ready.
"By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail."
"Success is where preparation and opportunity meet."
"Plan for what it is difficult while it is easy, do what is great while it is small."
"I will prepare and some day my chance will come."
"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe."
"Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation."