History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats. – B. C. Forbes
A look at the past reminds us of how great is the distance, and how short, over which we have come. The past makes us ask what we have done with us. It makes us ask whether our very achievements are not ironical counterpoint and contrast to our fundamental failures. – Robert Penn Warren
There comes a pause, for human strength will not endure to dance without cessation and everyone must reach the point at length of absolute prostration. – Lewis Carroll
Im hosting weekend retreats all over America. It is like a 24-hour slumber party for moms. We laugh, eat, play games, get massages, win prizes, talk about parenting and even cry a bit. – Lisa Whelchel
![[T]he historian lays humanity on the couch. - Lynn White, Jr.](/quote/historian-lays-humanity-couch.jpg "[T]he historian lays humanity on the couch. - Lynn White, Jr.")
