Michael Sliney

“Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.” Mark Twain

“Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes.” -Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

“There are always flowers for those who want to see them.” Henri Matisse

“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.”

– Martin Buber

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear.” Mark Twain