To give up too easily leads to regret, yet trying and then failing can lead us to second chances if we do not accept it as a failure, but a chance to learn. Karen White More Quotes by Karen White More Quotes From Karen White Every woman should have a daughter to tell her stories to. Otherwise, the lessons learned are as useless as spare buttons from a discarded shirt. And all that is left is a fading name and the shape of a nose or the color of hair. The men who write the history books will tell you the stories of battles and conquests. But the women will tell you the stories of people's hearts. Karen White daughter writing book There are no completely good or bad people. Everybody makes mistakes, or bad choices. It's how we live with them that make us the people we are. Karen White choices mistake people There is how we were before, and how we are now, and the time between is spent choosing which doors to open, and which to close. Karen White doors We live, we love. These are the choices we are given, to open doors or to close them. It is all we have, and it is enough Karen White choices enough doors Adversity in life does not rob your heart of beauty. It simply teaches it a new song to sing. Karen White adversity heart song The highway of life was littered with the roadkill of those who didn't know when to change lanes. Karen White highways after-the-rain lanes A life without rain is like the sun without shade. Karen White shade sun rain I know what it is to hope and pray so hard that you're sure God will answer your prayer just so you'll stop asking. Karen White prayer asking answers Death and loss, they plague you. So do memories. Like the Mississippi's incessant slap against the levees, they creep up with deceptive sweetness before grabbing your heart and pulling it under. Karen White loss heart memories You have to get through the rain if you're ever going to see a rainbow. Karen White after-the-rain rainbow rain
