Be Prepared

American  

noun

1. motto of the Boy Scouts of America and of the Girl Scouts of America.

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Example Sentences

It’s smart to be prepared, but it’s also important to be fair to the caregiver in question.

From MarketWatch

"We have a few more days off than we planned after that Test. We had to go away and ask how we use these next few days wisely in order to be prepared for what it will be like in Brisbane."

From BBC

“If you’re feeling lucky, that’s great. You might really increase your returns, but you have to be prepared to lose it as well,” Social Security expert Mary Beth Franklin told Morningstar.

From MarketWatch

The Los Angeles Fire Department is requesting a budget of more than $1 billion for the coming year, arguing that the additional funding is necessary to be prepared for wildfires like the one that devastated Pacific Palisades in January.

From Los Angeles Times

In Kyiv, Olena Andriyeva, a 64-year-old pensioner, said she would be prepared to countenance the loss of her native city of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, occupied by Russia since 2014.

From The Wall Street Journal