" A sister is a gift to the heart, a friend to the spirit, a golden thread to the meaning of life. "

— Isadora James

" It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it. "

— Lou Holtz

" Brothers are playmates in the beginning and best friends for life. "

— Unknown

" Sometimes you must hurt in order to know, fall in order to grow, lose in order to gain. "

— Unknown

" Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together. "

— Thomas Carlyle

" Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into. "

— Henry Ward Beecher