Category Archives: Visual Soliloquy

There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth…not going all the way and not starting. –The Buddha

There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires. –Nelson Mandela

When you are in the valley, keep your goal firmly in view and you will get the renewed energy to continue the climb. –Denis Waitley

Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher. –William Wordsworth

Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom. ~Phyllis Theroux

Forever is composed of nows. ~Emily Dickinson

The only sure thing about luck is that it will change. ~Wilson Mizner

There is no distance on this earth as far away as yesterday. ~Robert Nathan

We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect. ~Aldo Leopold

Life is the sum of all your choices. ~Albert Camus

The plans that I made when horizontal are working out now that I’m vertical. ~Betsy Cañas Garmon

Whatever we do lays a seed in our deepest consciousness, and one day that seed will grow. ~Sakyong Mipham

Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment. -Thích Nhất Hạnh

You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. ~Colette

Those at the top of the mountain didn’t fall there. ~Author Unknown

Home is where the heart can laugh without shyness. Home is where the heart’s tears can dry at their own pace. ~Vernon Baker

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading. – Lao Tzu

Fresh air impoverishes the doctor. ~Danish Proverb

If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door. ~Milton Berle

Sunshine has no budget, the sea no red tape. ~Terri Guillemets

Nature rejuvenates so quickly, so completely. Though we often view ourselves otherwise, we are nature. ~Jeb Dickerson

Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books. ~John Lubbock

I held a moment in my hand, brilliant as a star, fragile as a flower, a tiny sliver of one hour. I dripped it carelessly, Ah! I didn’t know, I held opportunity. ~Hazel Lee

Action is the antidote to despair. – Joan Baez

Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon. ~Doug Larson

You are what you think about all day long.- Dr. Robert Schuller

Gratitude is the music of the heart, when its chords are swept by the breeze of kindness. ~Author Unknown

During the darkest indigo midnight, yet will countless stars blossom. ~Dr. SunWolf

Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished. If you’re alive, it isn’t. ~Richard Bach

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavour. ~Truman Capote

They who have a why to live can bear almost any how. ~Friedrich Nietzsche

If the wind will not serve, take to the oars. ~Latin Proverb

Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. ~Helen Keller

Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once. –Lillian Dickson

I am convinced all of humanity is born with more gifts than we know. Most are born geniuses and just get de-geniused rapidly. ~Buckminster Fuller

The brook would lose its song if you removed the rocks. ~Fred Beck

Gratitude is the memory of the heart. ~Jean Baptiste Massieu

Establishing goals is all right if you don’t let them deprive you of interesting detours. ~Doug Larson

Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise. ~Alice Walker