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Visual Soliloquy #523 Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle…

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle. ― Plato

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Visual Soliloquy #522 Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen…

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. –Winston Churchill

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Visual Soliloquy #521 If one’s dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again…

If one’s dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again. –Flavia Weedn

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Visual Soliloquy #520 I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed…

I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #519 I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious…

I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. -Albert Einstein

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Visual Soliloquy #518 It is very difficult to generalize. Everyone’s adventure is original…

It is very difficult to generalise. Everyone’s adventure is original. –Bernard Pivot

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Visual Soliloquy #517 Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down…

Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down. –Ray Bradbury

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Visual Soliloquy #516 My old grandmother always used to say, Summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever…

My old grandmother always used to say, Summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever.” ― George R.R. Martin

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Visual Soliloquy #515 Remember that the most difficult tasks are consummated not by a single burst of energy or effort, but by consistent application of the best you have within you…

Remember that the most difficult tasks are consummated not by a single burst of energy or effort, but by consistent application of the best you have within you. –Og Mandino Congratulations to the WOKies on our fourth anniversary of our … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #514 Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever…

Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. –Lance Armstrong

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Visual Soliloquy #513 If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion…

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. ~Dalai Lama

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Visual Soliloquy #512 Whatever is a reality today, whatever you touch and believe in and that seems real for you today, is going to be – like the reality of yesterday – an illusion tomorrow…

Whatever is a reality today, whatever you touch and believe in and that seems real for you today, is going to be – like the reality of yesterday – an illusion tomorrow. –Luigi Pirandello

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Visual Soliloquy #511 Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts. Each time we drop our complaints and allow everyday good fortune to inspire us, we enter the warrior’s world…

Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts. Each time we drop our complaints and allow everyday good fortune to inspire us, we enter the warrior’s world. ― Pema Chödrön

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Visual Soliloquy #510 As long as our orientation is toward perfection or success, we will never learn about unconditional friendship with ourselves, nor will we find compassion…

As long as our orientation is toward perfection or success, we will never learn about unconditional friendship with ourselves, nor will we find compassion. ― Pema Chödrön

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Visual Soliloquy #509 Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity…

Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #508 The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves…

The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves. ― Pema Chödrön

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Visual Soliloquy #507 Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections…

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them — every day begin the task anew. –St. Francis de Sales

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Visual Soliloquy #506 I have spread my dreams beneath your feet. Tread softly because you tread on my dreams…

I have spread my dreams beneath your feet. Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. –W.B. Yeats In Memory of Shriya Shah-Klorfine

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Visual Soliloquy #505 Life is short, fragile and does not wait for anyone. There will NEVER be a perfect time to pursue your dreams & goals…

Life is short, fragile and does not wait for anyone. There will NEVER be a perfect time to pursue your dreams & goals. – Unknown  

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Visual Soliloquy #504 I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework…

I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework. –Lily Tomlin

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Visual Soliloquy #503 It is easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top…

It is easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.–Henry Ward Beecher

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Visual Soliloquy #502 Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home…

Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home. ― Anna Quindlen  

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Visual Soliloquy #501 I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself…

I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself. -Maya Angelou

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Visual Soliloquy #500 Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter…

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Visual Soliloquy #499 The deepest rivers make least din, the silent soule doth most abound in care…

The deepest rivers make least din, the silent soule doth most abound in care. ~William Alexander

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Visual Soliloquy #498 Once in a while it really hits people that they don’t have to experi ence the world in the way they have been told to…

Once in a while it really hits people that they don’t have to experience the world in the way they have been told to. – Alan Keightley

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Visual Soliloquy #497 Without new experiences, something inside of us sleeps. The sleeper must awaken…

Without new experiences, something inside of us sleeps. The sleeper must awaken. – Frank Herbert

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Visual Soliloquy #496 I love to travel, but hate to arrive…

I love to travel, but hate to arrive. – Albert Einstein

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Visual Soliloquy #495 It is solved by walking…

It is solved by walking. – Algerian proverb

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Visual Soliloquy #494 It is not down in any map; true places never are…

It is not down in any map; true places never are. – Herman Melville

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Visual Soliloquy #493 We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend…

We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend. – Robert Louis Stevenson

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Visual Soliloquy #492 To be on a quest is nothing more or less than to become an asker of questions…

To be on a quest is nothing more or less than to become an asker of questions. – Sam Keen

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Visual Soliloquy #491 If anything is worth doing, do it with all your heart…

If anything is worth doing, do it with all your heart.- Buddha

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Visual Soliloquy #490 Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns…

Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns. ~Author Unknown

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Visual Soliloquy #489 I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma…

I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma. ~Eartha Kitt

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Visual Soliloquy #488 In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, for in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed…

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

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Visual Soliloquy #487 Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods…

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

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Visual Soliloquy #486 There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm…

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

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Visual Soliloquy #485 Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves…

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

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Visual Soliloquy #484 I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better…

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

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