I will not follow where the path may lead, but I will go where there is no path, and I will leave a trail. ~Muriel Strode (1875–1964), "Wind-Wafted Wild Flowers," in The Open Court, August 1903


Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same. ~Flavia Weedn, Forever, © Flavia.com


Put your future in good hands — your own. ~Author unknown


If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door. ~Author unknown


[M]emory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you wish to never lose. ~Bob Brush


When your life flashes before your eyes, make sure you’ve got plenty to watch. ~Author unknown, from a television commercial


Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop to look around once in a while you could miss it. ~From the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off


[Y]ou remember someone said that God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.... ~J.M. Barrie, "Courage" (The Rectorial Address Delivered at St. Andrews University, 1922 May 3rd)


We do not remember days; we remember moments. ~Cesare Pavese, The Burning Brand


Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine. ~Anthony J. D’Angelo, The College Blue Book


What we are is God’s gift to us. What we become is our gift to God. ~Eleanor Powell


Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember. ~Seneca


Friendship isn’t a big thing — it’s a million little things. ~Author unknown


No schooling was allowed to interfere with my education. ~Olive Pratt Rayner (Grant Allen), 1899


There are big ships and small ships. But the best ship of all is friendship. ~Author unknown


It is indeed ironic that we spend our school days yearning to graduate and our remaining days waxing nostalgic about our school days. ~Isabel Waxman


A true friend is one who thinks you are a good egg even if you are half-cracked. ~Author unknown


Don’t aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally. ~David Frost


Spread joy. Chase your wildest dreams. ~Patch Adams


Time goes, you say? Ah no!
Alas, Time stays, we go.
~Henry Austin Dobson


Friends are kisses blown to us by angels. ~Author unknown


Friends are relatives you make for yourself. ~Eustache Deschamps


The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart. ~Elisabeth Foley


Don’t let anyone steal your dream. It’s your dream, not theirs. ~Dan Zadra


If at first you don’t succeed, do it like your mother told you. ~Author unknown


As long as there are tests, there will be prayer in schools. ~Author unknown


It takes a long time to grow an old friend. ~John Leonard


It doesn’t make much difference what you study, as long as you don’t like it. ~Finley Peter Dunne


We have been friends together
In sunshine and in shade.
~Caroline Sheridan Norton


The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit. ~Nelson Henderson


May the sun shine, all day long,
everything go right, and nothing wrong.
May those you love bring love back to you,
and may all the wishes you wish come true!
~Irish blessing