i had a series of childhood illnesses... scarlet fever.... pneumonia.... Polio. I walked with braces until I was at least nine years old. My life wasn't like the average person who grew up and decided to enter the world of sports.

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We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. — E. M. Forster

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Sunday blues often hit because the weekend was only about shopping and chores. If you can clear up some of that domestic detritus on weeknights, you might reclaim some time for what matters. Maybe the laundry can wait until Monday. — Katrina Onstad

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Almost without exception alcoholics are tortured by loneliness.

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Don't wait for miracles, your whole life is a miracle.

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When we are unduly impatient with an omniscient God's timing, we really are suggesting that we know what's best. Strange isn't it-we who wear wrist watches seek to counsel Him who oversees cosmic clocks and calendars.

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Smart people learn from everything and everyone, average people from their experiences, stupid people already have all the answers. —Socrates

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Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.

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Everything comes in time to those who can wait.

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If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well. If it is worth having, it is worth waiting for. If it is worth attaining, it is worth fighting for. If it is worth experiencing, it is worth putting aside time for.

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