Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face.
Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny ...'
A moment later, I caught my breath, but I didn't say anything.
So quick and so fiercely I barely had time to gasp before it was locked on me.
I was gratified to be able to answer promptly. I said I don't know.
The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.
Life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all.