Sylvia Rivera - We have to do it because we can no longer stay invisible. We have to be visible. We should not be ashamed of who we are.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette - I love my past, I love my present. I am not ashamed of what I have had, and I am not sad because I no longer have it.

Sylvia Rivera - I’m not missing a minute of this. It’s the revolution!

Henri Nouwen - The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing…not healing, not curing…

Matshona Dhliwayo - I miss your voice because it is a symphony; your scent because it is a treasure; your smile because it is a jewel; your hug because it is a masterpiece; and your kiss because it is

John Newton - Real friendship should not fade as time passes, and should not weaken because of space separation.

Tony Robbins - Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.

Laverne Cox - It is revolutionary for any trans person to choose to be seen and visible in a world that tells us we should not exist.

Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr - We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.

Kavita Ramdas - We need women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be compassionate, so passionate they can be rational, and so disciplined they can

Kimberly Elise - I can be dramatic. I can be funny. I can be sexy. I can be sad. I can be glad.

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam - We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.

Rascal Flatts - My wish for you is that this life becomes all that you want it to; your dreams stay big and your worries stay small; you never need to carry more than you can hold.

Zakes Mda - Tears are very close to my eyes… Not for pain… no… I do not cry because of pain. I cry only because of beautiful things.

Clifton Fadiman - One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention.

Gustav Mahler - Spring won't let me stay in this house any longer! I must get out and breathe the air deeply again.