Tag Archives: 2013

For in the end, we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand and we will understand only what we are taught. ~ Baba Dioum

Sometimes the little opportunities that fly at us each day can have the biggest impact. ― Danny Wallace

If it weren’t for the rocks in its bed, the stream would have no song. Carl Perkins

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are. ― Marilyn Monroe

I wandered everywhere, through cities and countries wide. And everywhere I went, the world was on my side. ― Roman Payne

We need the tonic of wildness…At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be indefinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us … Continue reading →

A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you. ― Elbert Hubbard

Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower. –John Harrigan

I can hardly wait for tomorrow, it means a new life for me each and every day. ― Stanley Kunitz  

Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain. –Joseph Campbell

They blossomed, they did not talk about blossoming. ― Dejan Stojanovic

It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important. ― Arthur Conan Doyle

Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each. … Continue reading →

Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence. ― Hal Borland

If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary. – Jim Rohn Photo by Jim Desautels

But for each of us, isn’t life about determining your own finish line? Diana Nyad

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind. –Diane Arbus

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness. –Oliver Wendell Holmes

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. ― Mae West

For the stone from the top for geologists, the knowledge of the limits of endurance for the doctors, but above all for the spirit of adventure to keep alive the soul. ― George Mallory

The secret of happiness is freedom, the secret of freedom is courage. ― Carrie Jones

To be inspired is great, but to inspire is an honour. ― Stacey T. Hunt

Green is the prime colour of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises. –Pedro Calderon de la Barca

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. ― Rabindranath Tagore

The canoe is not a lifeless, inanimate object; it feels very much alive, alive with the life of the river. – Bill Mason

There’s a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free. Don’t miss so many of them. ― Jo Walton

We always see our worst selves. Our most vulnerable selves. We need someone else to get close enough to tell us we’re wrong. Someone we trust. ― David Levithan

Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you’re climbing it. –Andy Rooney