“Now I know that if you wait until you think you are ready, you'll wait your whole life”
John Flanagan (1873–1938) Irish-American hammer thrower
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“If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you'll never enjoy the sunshine.”
Source: The Clowns of God (1981), Ch. II (ellipses in original) <!-- p. 35 -->
This statement begins with a quotation from Horace, Odes, Book I, Ode ix, line 13.
Context: "Forbear to ask what tomorrow may bring" … If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you'll never enjoy the sunshine.
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