"You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice." – Bob Marley twitch.tv/embalmedapple

"When you know yourself you are empowered. When you accept yourself you are invincible."–Tina Lifford twitch.tv/embalmedapple

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. -Oscar Wilde twitch.tv/embalmedapple

“The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.” – Voltaire. twitch.tv/embalmedapple

“In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.” — Barack Obama twitch.tv/embalmedapple

‘The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.’ – William Arthur Ward twitch.tv/embalmedapple

The foundation of every state is the education of its youth. Diogenes twitch.tv/embalmedapple

“Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?”— Ernest J. Gaines twitch.tv/embalmedapple

Many people would sooner die than think. In fact, they do. - Bertrand Russell twitch.tv/embalmedapple

“Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn’t be that women are the exception.” — Ruth Bader Ginsburg twitch.tv/embalmedapple

“The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.” ― Oscar Wilde twitch.tv/embalmedapple

“Wisdom comes with winters.” – Oscar Wilde twitch.tv/embalmedapple

“Know that the philosopher has power over the stars, and not the stars over him.” ― Paracelsus twitch.tv/embalmedapple

"No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn" -- Hal Borland twitch.tv/embalmedapple

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." - Picasso twitch.tv/embalmedapple

“The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel.” Piet Mondrian twitch.tv/embalmedapple

“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until i set him free.” – Michelangelo twitch.tv/embalmedapple

“In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.” Ralph Waldo Emerson twitch.tv/embalmedapple

“Have no fear of perfection, you'll never reach it.” -- Salvador Dali twitch.tv/embalmedapple

“To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.” Kurt Vonnegut twitch.tv/embalmedapple