"I'd rather be hated for who I am then loved for who I am not."  Sarah Almeida

"Words and heart should be handled with care. For wrong words spoken and weak hearts broken are the hardest things to repair.”   Author Unknown

"The most important thing for anyone to know is that people can love us just the way we are." Fred Rogers

"Blessed are they that have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts. It involves many things, but above all, the power of going out of one's self and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another." Thomas Hughes

“Fear less, hope more; Eat less, chew more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Love more, and all good things will be yours”
Swedish Proverb

"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life."  Winston Churchill

"Love is not blind.  It sees more, not less.  But because it sees more, it is willing to see less."  Rabbi Julius Gordon

"As long as we have memories, yesterday remains.  As long as we have hope, tomorrow awaits.  And as long as we have friends, each day is never a waste."  Author Unknown

"The only time you have the right to look down upon someone is when you are lending them a hand to get back up."  Jesse Jackson

"Kindness is the essence of greatness and the fundamental characteristic of the noblest men and women I have known.  Kindness is a passport that opens doors and fashions friend.  It softens hearts and molds relationships that can last lifetimes.  Kindness is how a Christlike person treats others.  Kindness should permeate all of our words and actions at work, at school, at church, and especially in our homes."  Joseph B. Wirthlin

"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."  Dr. Seuss

"Remember, we all stumble, everyone of us.  That's why it's such a comfort to go hand in hand."  Emily Kimbrough

"Family through birth, friends for life!"

"We are all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love."  Dr. Seuss

Sisters by birth, friends by choice!"

"The most valuable places to be in the world are in someone's thoughts, in someone's prayers, and in someone's heart!"  Author Unknown

"Two places are the most valuable in the world.  The nicest is to be in someone's thoughts, and the safest is to be in someone's prayers."  Author Unknown

"'Tis better to buy a small bouquet
And give to your friend this very day,
Than a bushel of roses white and red
To lay on his coffin after he's dead."

"What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are, but how you deal with incompatibility."  George Levinger

"May your dreams come true,
Your prayers be answered,
Your friends be abundant,
And as wonderful as you!"