“I was ahead in the slalom. But in the second run, everyone fell on a dangerous spot. I was beaten by a woman that got up faster than I did. I learned that people fall down, winners get up, and gold medal winners just get up faster.”

Friendship is such a powerful healer and source of support.

When I am around someone who is a joy stealer, I say to myself, I only have to deal with you for an hour. That person has to deal with thinking that way every moment of their lives.

I spent a good portion of my life being unable to honor my feelings. When I started the process of having real friendships it was a huge change. I still struggle with it because it is not familiar ground.

I was sexually abused by my step father for years and years, and that caused scars you can’t see. And we know many people have the kind of scars you can’t see.

Learning is as much an art as teaching

It might be a huge hit, it might not; but you learn something doing it.

Good gardening is very simple, really. You just have to learn to think like a plant.

I ain’t got no reverse. I’ve learned, a little later in life, it works out pretty good to have one every once in a while.

Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.

In doing nothing men learn to do evil.

I was not leaving the south to forget the south, but so that some day I might understand it

Be passionate and bold. Always keep learning. You stop doing useful things if you don’t learn.