Our destiny sometimes has the appearance of a fruit tree in winter. Looking at its dreary aspect, who would think that these stiff branches, these jagged twigs, will turn green again and bloom next spring and then bear fruit. Yet this we hope, this we know. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), from Goethe’s World View (translated by Heinz Norden)
This we hope, this we know
The difference between the right word and almost the right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug. ~ Mark Twain
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. ~ Albert Einstein
Thanks to my friend Shelly for putting this quote on her office door!
I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. ~ Michael Jordan
The future is much like the present, only longer. ~ Dan Quisenberry (1953-1998)
Dan Quisenberry was the only pitcher to appear in every game of the 1980 World Series, where he pitched for the Kansas City Royals against the Philadelphia Phillies.
It's a long story ... 