"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love."

~ Marcus Aurelius

"Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything."

"The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Many a calm river begins as a turbulent waterfall, yet none hurtles and foams all the way to the sea."

~ Mikhail Lermontov

"The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain."

~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"I love spring anywhere, but if I could choose I would always greet it in a garden."

~ Ruth Stout

Spring Blossom by Kevin Day