Lydia Maria Child - “No music is so pleasant to my ears as that word father.”

Lydia Maria Child - “Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father.”

Lydia M. Child - An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves.

Adele - I don't make music for eyes. I make music for ears.

Rainer Maria Rilke - Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.

Faith Baldwin - One of the very pleasant things about friendship is the 'do you remember moments'.

Chaz Bono - Gender is between your ears and not between your legs.

Michelle Obama - My father taught me to work hard, laugh often, and keep my word.

Maria Schell - Peace is when time doesn't matter as it passes by.

Maria Mitchell - There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

Maria Callas - Good teachers make the best of a pupil’s means; great teachers foresee a pupil’s ends.

Maria Montessori - The greatest sign of success for a teacher…is to be able to say, “The children are now working as if I did not exist.

Maria Montessori - The greatest sign of success for a teacher... is to be able to say, 'The children are now working as if I did not exist.'

Rainer Maria Rilke - A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.

Maria Shrive - When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands.

Maria Robinson - Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.