Category Archives: Visual Soliloquy

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, … Continue reading →

As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental … Continue reading →

We learn the rope of life by untying its knots. –Jean Toomer

I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion. –Mia Hamm

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. ― Helen Keller

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant’s point of view. ~H. Fred Dale

The sky is that beautiful old parchment in which the sun and the moon keep their diary. ~Alfred Kreymborg

Sunset is still my favorite color, and rainbow is second. –Mattie Stepanek

To put meaning in one’s life may end in madness, but life without meaning is the torture of restlessness and vague desire-It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid. –Edgar Lee Masters

I love my father as the stars — he’s a bright shining example and a happy twinkling in my heart. ~Terri Guillemets

He didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. ~Clarence Budington Kelland

In childhood, we yearn to be grown-ups. In old age, we yearn to be kids. It just seems that all would be wonderful if we didn’t have to celebrate our birthdays in chronological order. ~Robert Brault

The sun would be better than a flashlight, except it doesn’t work at night. It probably needs to recharge its batteries from running all day. –Jarod Kintz

We all want to do something to mitigate the pain of loss or to turn grief into something positive, to find a silver lining in the clouds. But I believe there is real value in just standing there, being still, … Continue reading →

Let your life mean something. Become an inspiration to others so that they may try to do more and to become more than they are today. –Thomas D. Willhite

There is a saying in Tibetan, ‘Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.’ No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that’s our real disaster. ― Dalai Lama XIV

Good luck is a residue of preparation. ― Jack Youngblood

You will face your greatest opposition when you are closest to your biggest miracle. ― Shannon L. Alder

The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best. -Epictetus

There’s nothing like biting off more than you can chew, and then chewing anyway. ~Mark Burnett

Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation. ― Robert H. Schuller

One kind word can warm three winter months. ~Japanese Proverb

The earth has music for those who listen. ― George Santayana

There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age. –Sophia … Continue reading →

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart. –Helen Keller

Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up. ― Dean Karnazes

This new day is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the yesterdays. ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

I could never resist the call of the trail. –Buffalo Bill Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/trail.html#MtchDS3Kee6DV2zT.99

Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop. ~Ovid

One should use common words to say uncommon things. ― Arthur Schopenhauer

So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit … Continue reading →

When it was dark, you always carried the sun in your hand for me. ― Seán O’Casey

Trees are my mentors. When in their presence, everything seems possible. Note to self, “Spend more time with trees.” – TA Loeffler

Anticipate the day as if it was your birthday and you are turning six again. ~Mike Dolan

But you can build a future out of anything. A scrap, a flicker. The desire to go forward, slowly, one foot at a time. You can build an airy city out of ruins. ― Lauren Oliver

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you! –Dr. Seuss

May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out. ― J.R.R. Tolkien

And like a colourful bloom of temporary lights in the sky, you will shine. ― Chad Sugg