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There comes a day in every man’s life when he stops looking forward and starts looking back.
Life is either a collision of random events, like billiard balls during a break careening off and into one another, or if you are so inclined to believe, our predetermined fate—what my mother took such great comfort in calling God’s will.
My death would be noted with nothing more than a headstone bearing the dates of my birth and my death to let the world know I had been here.
Our skin, our hair, and our eyes are simply the shell that surrounds our soul, and our soul is who we are. What counts is on the inside.”
“Punctuality is a sign of respect for your teacher.”
“Dearest father in heaven, bless this child and bless this day of new beginnings. Smile upon this child and surround this child, Lord, with the soft mantle of your love. Teach this child to follow in your footsteps, and to live life in the ways of love, faith, hope, and charity.”
The position offered the greatest exposure, and therefore the greatest risk.
“Life is about heart. Yours is as big as any kid’s I’ve ever coached. Don’t you ever forget
that.”
freckles were on full display. She took
I hope you make those decisions because you feel they are the right thing to do, not because of peer pressure or because you’re trying to fit in.
“Don’t ever think of yourself as being something less than the person you are because of your eyes, Sam. If you do, people will take advantage of it, and you’ll find yourself doing things you don’t want to do.”
“Being a man means having to live with the consequences of our decisions,
We’d be who we were, and we could either come to grips with this fact and like the person we’d become, or live with regret and disappointment.
Discrimination is difficult, because in its worst form, it is not overt. It is
subtle.
chagrin,
“Time is wicked. It comes and goes like a thief in the night, stealing our youth, our beauty, and our bodies.”
“None of us is getting out of here alive.”
but with every new beginning, there is an inevitable end we must first accept,
coattail
When asked why he never deviated from his attack, no matter the opponent, Tyson replied, “Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth.”
realize that holding grudges only caused more pain.
There comes a day in every man’s life when he stops looking forward and starts looking back.
we live for the quiet, intimate moments that mark not our calendars but our hearts:
