" Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom. "

— Francis Bacon

" Friends make you smile — best friends make you giggle ‘til you pee your pants. "

— Terri Guillemets

" Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. "

— Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

" God has not promised Skies always blue, Flower-strewn pathways All our life through; God has not promised Sun without rain, Joy without sorrow, Peace without pain. "

— A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

" Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. "

— Robert Louis Stevenson

" "Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all." "

— Dale Carnegie