“I may appear to be a broken pencil now but one day you will need me to dot you ‘i’ and cross your ‘t’.”

“We know the cause which we are engaged in, and though a passionate fondness for it may make us grieve at every injury which threatens it, yet, when the moment of concern is over, the determination to duty returns. We are not moved by the gloomy smile of a worthless king, but by the ardent glow of generous patriotism. We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in. In such a case we are sure that we are right; and we leave to you the despairing reflection of being the tool of a miserable tyrant.”

“Masters today were starters yesterday, so begin now.”

“To tell someone how we truly feel, may take a moment of great courageBut to lose that chance can be the regret of a lifetime”

“Be Patient. All Storms Pass. The Sunshine Will Come. And There Will Be Joy!”

“Haters will always remain at the bottom, but winners will always remain at the top.”

“…and when the world tells you to lower your head and submit in silence to how things are and always will be, lift your voice instead and sing bravely of how things can and should and will be, because that song is why you are here.”

“God’s promises for your life may not happen in your timeline but it will surely happen in your lifetime.”

“However, the Sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.”

“We had no one else to learn this from- none of our parents were shining examples of relationship success- so we learned this from each other: when someone you love needs you to, you can get a hold of your five-alarm temper, get a hold of the shapeless things that scare you senseless, act like an adult instead of the Cro-Magnon teenager you are, you can do a million things you never saw coming.”

“Somewhere there is a man who is not afraid to live in a woman’s hope”

“Laughter with those that understand us is music for the soul. A hug at the right moment and a kind shoulder to lean on,Is the sprinkle of magic that keeps us walking towards hope.”

“The sun will rise again. The only uncertainty is whether or not we will rise to greet it.Alan Christensen’s diary”

“Courage doesn’t bring you success, but it lets you persist to face adversity with boldness and poise.”