boring choices ... Heath Ledger

If  you make decisions 

based upon people's reactions

 or judgments 

then you make really 

boring choices. 

~Heath Ledger

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Location: Phoenix Botanical Garden (2014), Phoenix, Arizona

be flexible ...Tony Robbins

Stay committed to 

your decisions, 

but stay flexible

 in your approach.

~Tony Robbins

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decision making ... Roy E. Disney

When your values are 

clear to you, 

making decisions 

becomes easier. 

~Roy E. Disney

courtesy of Larkin Family archives

fear of rejection ... Harvey Mackay

Most fears of rejection

 rest on the desire for 

approval from other people. 

Don't base  your 

self-esteem on 

their opinions.

Harvey Mackay

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gratitude ... Jacques Maritain

Gratitude is the most 

exquisite form of courtesy.

Jacques Maritain

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Location: Tucson Botanical Garden, Frida Kahlo Exhibit (2016) Tucson, Arizona 

the four basic groups ... Cathy Guisewhite

Food, love, career, 

and mothers, 

the four major guilt groups.

~Cathy Guisewhite

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Location: Ronson House, Phoenix, Arizona

a little love ... Oscar Wilde

Keep love in your heart. 

A life without it is like

 a sunless garden 

when the flowers are dead.

Oscar Wilde

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Location: Tucson Botanical Garden, Tucson, Arizona

fighting corruption ... Vladimir Putin

Those who fight corruption

should be clean themselves.

~Vladimir Putin

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Location: Ronsom House, Phoenix, Arizona

dreams to reality ... Colin Powell

A dream doesn't become

 reality through magic; 

it takes sweat, determination, 

and hard work.

~Colin Powell

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Location: Titan Missle Museum, Tucson, Arizona

possibilities with Eleanor Roosevelt

With the new day comes

 new strength and new thoughts.

~Eleanor Roosevelt

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Location: Alaska

a little rain may fall ... Gilbert K. Chesterton

And when it rains 

on your parade, 

look up rather than down. 

Without the rain, 

there would be no rainbow.

~Gilbert K. Chesterton

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listening with Paul Simon

There's something about

 the sound of a train 

that's very romantic 

and nostalgic and hopeful.

~Paul Simon

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Location: Superstition Springs Mountain Museum, Apache Junction, Arizona

perfection ... Wayne Gretzky

You miss 100% of 

the shots you don't take.

Wayne Gretzky

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Location: Superstition Mountain Museum, Apache Junction, Arizona

the talented Albert Einstein

I have no special talent.

I am only passionately curious.

~Albert Einstein

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for or against with Colonel Sanders

Don't be against things

so much as for things.

Colonel Sanders

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doing it right ... Red Adair

If you think it's 

expensive to hire 

a professional to do

 the job, 

wait until you 

hire an amateur.

~Red Adair

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Location: Papago Park Historical Museum, Scottsdale, Arizona

is everything relative? Barbara Bush

Cherish your human connections 

- your relationships 

with friends and family. 

~Barbara Bush

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what do you remember? Martin Luther King, Jr.

In the End, 

we will remember not the words

 of our enemies, 

but the silence 

of our friends. 

~Martin Luther King, Jr.

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imagination and dreaming with Gloria Steinem

Without leaps of imagination, 

or dreaming, 

we lose the excitement of

 possibilities. 

Dreaming, after all, 

is a form of planning. 

~Gloria Steinem

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Location: Sonora Desert

look to the future ... Henry David Thoreau

Never look back 

unless you are planning

 to go that way. 

~Henry David Thoreau

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Location: Phoenix Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona

pressure into motivation ... Ben Carson

No matter how good you are

 at planning, 

the pressure never goes away. 

So I don't fight it. 

I feed off it. 

I turn pressure into motivation 

to do my best. 

~Ben Carson

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Location: Phoenix Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona

what grows in your garden? Gordon B. Hinckley

Without hard work, 

nothing grows but weeds. 

~Gordon B. Hinckley

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Location: Mystery Castle, Phoenix, Arizona

making dreams come true ... Colin Powell

A dream doesn't become

 reality through magic; 

it takes sweat, determination

 and hard work. 

~Colin Powell

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Location: Ronsom Museum, Phoenix, Arizona

success with Joyce Brothers

A strong, positive 

self-image is the 

best possible preparation 

for success. 

~Joyce Brothers

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Location: Ronsom House, Phoenix, Arizona

good, better, best ... St. Jerome

Good, better, best. 

Never let it rest. 

'Til your good is better 

and your better is best. 

~St. Jerome

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Location: Papago Museum, Scottsdale, Arizona

preparing for the future ... H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

The best preparation 

for tomorrow is 

doing your best today. 

~H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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Location: Scottsdale Historical Museum, Classroom circa 1910
Scottsdale, Arizona

defining knowledge ... Helen Keller

Knowledge is love 

and light and vision. 

~Helen Keller

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Location: Los Angeles, California

have a little faith ... Corrie Ten Boom

When a train goes through

 a tunnel and it gets dark, 

you don't throw away the ticket

 and jump off. 

You sit still and trust

 the engineer. 

~Corrie Ten Boom

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Location: McCormick Stillman Rail Road Park, Scottsdale, Arizona

be determined ... Antonio Villaraigosa

Don't let the Monday morning

 quarterbacks stop you 

from being bold. 

You've got to set a high bar. 

~Antonio Villaraigosa

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Location: Rula Bula, Tempe, Arizona

communicating with Hans Christian Andersen

Where words fail,
music speaks.
~Hans Christian Andersen

Courtesy of the Library of Congress

routine joys with William Arthur Ward

Gratitude can transform

 common days into thanksgivings,

 turn routine jobs into joy,

 and change ordinary 

opportunities into blessings. 

~William Arthur Ward

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Happy New Year ... Ralph Waldo Emerson

Write it on your heart 

that every day is

 the best day in the year.

 ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Location: Douglas County, Oregon