" I love you, not because of what you are, but for what I have become when I am with you. Best wishes on this wonderful day. "

— Me

" To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. "

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

" "Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others." "

— Buddha

" The secret of getting ahead is getting started. "

— Mark Twain

" The only time you fail is when you fall down and stay down. "

— Stephen Richards

" It is never too late to be what you might have been. "

— George Eliot