As you walk down the fairway ...

As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.
As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.
 Ben Hogan

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If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

Quotes from the same author

The average golfer's problem is not so much the lack of ability as it is lack of knowledge about what he should be doing
 Ben Hogan
Certainly, if you can't manage your game, you can't play tournament golf. You continually have to ask yourself what club to play, where to aim it, whether to accept a safe par or to try to go for a birdie. You can't play every hole the same way. I never could.
 Ben Hogan
You only hit a straight ball by accident. The ball is going to move right or left every time you hit it, so you had better make it go one way or the other.
 Ben Hogan
Jesus Christ can't hit a golf ball straight. It's virtually impossible - at best it's an accident.
 Ben Hogan
Every day that you don't practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
 Ben Hogan