She seems to have had the ability to stand firmly on the rock of her past while living completely and unregretfully in the present.

What happens to what's happened? she asked the bishop. It's there. Waiting. But the time gate's closed, isn't it? Yes. But that can't take away what we've had. The good and the bad.

If the caterpillar could not see beyond his present state, he would never become a butterfly.

Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.

DAVID GLASS: "Two things about Sam Walton distinguish him from almost everyone else I know. First, he gets up every day bound and determined to improve something. Second, he is less afraid of being wrong than anyone I've ever known. And once he sees he's wrong, he just shakes it off and heads in another direction.

Do not suffer life to stagnate, it will grow muddy for want of motion; commit yourself again to the current of the world.

What cannot be repaired is not to be regretted.

Receive every day as a resurrection from death, as a new enjoyment of life.

Life sometimes gives you a second chance.

Life is the train and not the station.

The past is dead except for the life you give it

Let go of the past and live the future . . . Live the life you imagined.