My first year [as a choir member] was a really great experience. The professor is great, the people are great and it's a really friendly atmosphere.

For much of my life, I existed in a condition of regret, a regret that was contemporaneous with experience, and which sometimes preceded experience.

Till thou hast learned to suffer from a saint a well as from the wicked, and to be abused by the godly as well as the ungodly, never look to live a contented or comfortable life, nor ever think thou has truly learned the art of suffering (383).

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers, is that which is woven of conviction and set with the sharp mordant of experience

A lot of people think since she is this thin, graceful athlete, she's doesn't want to get physical. Her attitude is, 'You hit me, I'm coming right back at you.' That's what she did today.