“Nothing fruitful ever comes when plants are forced to flower in the wrong season. . .”

—Bette Bao Lord

“The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck. . .”

—Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Until you try, you don’t know what you can’t do. . .”

—Henry James

“Work is love made visible. . .”

—Kahlil Gibran

“Light tomorrow with today!”

—Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“Things can be different only if you make them different. . .”

—Vicki Caruana

“The secret of success is constancy to purpose. . .”

—Benjamin Disraeli

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. . .”

—Martin Luther King Jr.