Kris's Quotes

"If it weren't for the rocks in its bed, the stream would have no song."- Carl Perkins

"Good timber does not grow with ease, the stronger wind, the stronger trees"- Douglas Malloch

"You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it."- Maya Angelou

"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great."- from A League of their Own

"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."- Calvin Coolidge