Each of us has a fire in our hearts for something. It’s our goal in life to find it and keep it lit.

More from Mary Lou Retton

• A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.
• A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.
• A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us. Essays, "Character," 1844
• It won’t be an easy journey. It’ll be long, and arduous. But I promise you one thing: on the memory of those lying here before you, we shall find it, and Earth shall become our new home. So say we all!
• Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?
• Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.