" My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person: He believed in me. "

— Jim Valvano

" Friends come and go like waves of the ocean, but the true ones stick, like an octopus on your face. "

— Unknown

" You have to be odd to be number one. "

— Dr. Seuss

" Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions. "

— Dalai Lama

" Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending. "

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

" The world's continual breathing is what we hear and call silence. "

— Clarice Lispector