Magnitude of Our Courage

"It's not the magnitude of the task that matters,
it's the magnitude of our courage."
~ Matthieu Ricard

Best Day of the Year

"Write on your heart that every day
is the best day of the year."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

High Trees

"You know what they say,
the high trees get the wind."
~ Lance Armstrong

All Events Are Blessings

"There are no mistakes,
no coincidences.
All events are blessings given to us
to learn from."
~ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Travel Hopefully

"To travel hopefully is a better thing
than to arrive."
~ Robert Louis Stevenson

Dog Wags

"A dog wags its tail with its heart."
~ Martin Buxbaum

Freely Accepted

"There is dignity in work only when
it is work freely accepted."
~ Albert Camus

Imperfect Men

"I never expect to see
a perfect work from imperfect men."
~ Alexander Hamilton

Untaught Ability

"Instinct is untaught ability."
~ Alexander Bain

Do It Big

"Do it big or stay in bed."
~ Larry Kelly

Forever Is

"Forever is composed of nows."
~ Emily Dickinson

At Least Entertaining

Outside Washington D.C.

“Most of what you come to Washington to see is inspirational or at least entertaining.” ~~Jim Yenckel

Special Work of Art

"Each one of us is God's special work of art. Through us, He teaches and inspires, delights and encourages, informs and uplifts all those who view our lives."
~ Joni Eareckson Tada

Turns of the Earth

"Celebrate each season, for you, too, are transformed with the turns of the earth." ~ Arthur Dobrin

Heroes or Cowards

"Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men."
~ Bishop Westcott

Damned Fool

St. Louis, Missouri

"If you send a damned fool
to St. Louis,
and you don't tell them
he's a damned fool,
they'll never find out."~ Mark Twain

Do Things Well

"If you do things well,
do them better.
Be daring, be first,
be different, be just."
~ Anita Roddick

Everyday and Extraordinary Things

"Tell us the details...Pay tribute to all the everyday
and extraordinary things."
~ Natalie Goldberg

Full of Surprises

Sunset, Detroit

"Life is full of surprises, isn't it?"
~ Charlton Heston

With Fervent Lips

Long Wharf, Boston

"Give thanks to God with fervent lips,
Give thanks to God to-day..."
~ Hezekiah Butterworth

Good Day

"Every day is a good day."
~ Yun-Men

Quality of the Day

"To affect the quality of the day
is the highest of all arts."
~ Henry David Thoreau

Prepared Mind

"Chance favors the prepared mind."
~ Louis Pasteur

What You Should Do

"I've often thought
when something is hard for you,
whether it's going law school
or anything else that challenges you,
that's probably what you should do."
~ Hillary Rodham Clinton

Awe

"Awe is what moves us forward."
~ Joseph Campbell

Making Something

"Creativity is simply
the energy of making something
where there was nothing before.
We do this every day,
in so many unmarked ways."
~ Fran Sorin

Surprises

"Life is full of surprises, isn't it?"
~ Charlton Heston

Perfect Clearness

"The man who insists upon seeing
with perfect clearness
before he decides
never decides."
~ Henri-Frédéric Amiel

Capacity to Care

"I feel the capacity to care
is the thing which gives life
its deepest significance. "
~ Pablo Casals

All Love

"All love that has not friendship for its base,
Is like a mansion built upon the sand."
~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Straight From the Heart

"You don't need a reason
when it's straight from the heart"
~ Stevie Wonder

Everything You Need

"If you have a garden and a library
you have everything that you need."
~ Cicero

Know

"I do not believe... know."

~ Carl Jung

Work With The Hand

"Where the spirit
does not work with the hand
there is no art."
~ Leonardo Da Vinci

Must Be the Truth

"When you have eliminated
the impossible, whatever remains,
however improbable, must be the truth."
~ Arthur Conan Doyle

First Good

"Power is the first good."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Love Affair With Knowledge

"A love affair with knowledge
will never end in heartbreak."
~ Michael Garrett Marino

That Rapture

Hilton Head, SC

"Beauty is an expression
of that rapture of being alive."
~ Bill Moyers

Trivial Accidents

Hilton Head, SC

"It is amazing
the number of trivial accidents
which have made a difference."
~ B.F. Skinner

From a Snake!

"It seems necessary to completely shed
the old skin before the new, brighter,
stronger, more beautiful one can
emerge...
I never thought I’d be getting
a life lesson from a snake!"
~ Julie Ridge

Four Million Tons

"The sun, each second,
transforms 4 million tons of itself
into light ."
~ Brian Swimme

Watching a Sunrise

"Watching a sunrise,
we open ourselves up to the beauty
that Nature creates,
knowing it will never repeat itself
just like this again."
~ Jake Rajs

Truth

"It is not truth that makes man great;
but man that makes truth great."
~ Confucius

Divine the Future

"Study the past,
if you would divine the future."
~ Confucius

Providence Protects

"Providence protects
children and idiots.
I know because I have tested it."
~ Mark Twain

Oreo Cookies

"Taking pictures is like
tiptoeing into the kitchen
late at night
and stealing Oreo cookies."
~ Diane Arbus

Hitch Your Wagon...

"Hitch your wagon to a star!"
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Love Winter

"Let us love winter,
for it is the spring of genius."
~ Pietro Aretino

Fairy Tales

"Fairy tales are more than true -
not because they tell us
dragons exist,
but because they tell us
dragons can be beaten."
~ G. K. Chesterton

Your Daily Life

"Your daily life
is your temple and your religion."
~ Kahlil Gibran