Opportunities fly by while we sit regretting the chances we have lost, and the happiness that comes to us we heed not, because of the happiness that is gone. – Jerome K. Jerome, The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, 1889
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly. – Buddha
I learned what I need to do in the long jump, what I needed to do in the javelin and Ive been able to rectify those events. Its been a bit of a learning curve, which is good. – Jessica Ennis
And at least in poetry you should feel free to lie. That is, not to lie, but to imagine what you want, to follow the direction of the poem. – Mark Strand
