" Even the tiniest of flowers can have the toughest roots. "

— Shannon Mullen

" Whatever you are, be a good one. "

— Abraham Lincoln

" When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us. "

— Alexander Graham Bell

" Hurt me with the truth, but never comfort me with a lie. "

— Unknown

" Without music, life would be a mistake. "

— Friedrich Nietzsche

" "The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it." "

— John Locke