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In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, for in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed. ~Kahlil Gibran

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm. ~Willa Cather

Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves. ~James Matthew Barrie

I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better. ~Plutarch

A mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.— Maya Angelou

An optimist is the human personification of spring. ~Susan J. Bissonette

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. –Theodore Roosevelt

There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs. ~Ansel Adams  

The enemy is fear. We think it is hate; but, it is fear. –Gandhi

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold. –Helen Keller

You don’t take a photograph. You ask, quietly, to borrow it. ~Author Unknown

You’ll always miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. ~Wayne Gretzky

Sadness flies on the wings of the morning and out of the heart of darkness comes the light. ~Jean Giraudoux

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest. –Henry David Thoreau

It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves. ~André Gide

Progress always involves risks. You can’t steal second base and keep your foot on first. ~Frederick B. Wilcox

Of all the people I have ever known, those who have pursued their dreams and failed have lived a much more fulfilling life than those who have put their dreams on a shelf for fear of failure. ~Author Unknown This … Continue reading →

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over. ~F. Scott Fitzgerald

To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself. ~Soren Kierkegaard

Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will. –James Stephens

A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult. -Melinda Gates

Half the fun of the travel is the aesthetic of lostness. – Ray Bradbury

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. –Khalil Gibran

Courage is as often the outcome of despair as hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, in the other, all to gain. –Diane DePoiters

I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world. – Mary Anne Radmacher Hershey

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there. ~Josh Billings

Difficult things take a long time, impossible things a little longer. ~André A. Jackson

Life is not about how fast you run or how high you climb but how well you bounce. ~Vivian Komori This electronic communication is governed by the terms and conditions at http://www.mun.ca/cc/policies/electronic_communications_disclaimer_2011.php

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. – Albert Einstein

Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary. –Khalil Gibran

A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere. –Joyce A. Myers

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

We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment. –Jim Rohn

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. – Winston Churchill

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. –Anas Nin

To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking. – Johann von Goethe

You may have a fresh start at any moment, because this thing we can “failure” is not the falling down, but the staying down. –Mary Pickford

Life itself is the proper binge. –Julia Child