small efforts compounded with Robert Collier

Success is the sum 

of small efforts - 

repeated day in 

and day out. 

~Robert Collier

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Location: Hawaii

what are you fishing for? Mark Twain

When you fish for love, 

bait with your heart, 

not your brian. 

~Mark Twain 

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Location: Hawaii

practical wisdom ... Abe Lincoln

No man has 

a good enough 

memory 

to be 

a successful liar. 

~Abraham Lincoln

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Location: Fountain Hills, Arizona

just a little busy work ... Jane Austen

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings. ~Jane Austen

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Someone who is busy with a lot of nothing ...

a little time with our friends ... Audrey Hepburn

True friends are families 

which you can select. 

~Audrey Hepburn

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a good definition of love via Mr. Rogers (Fred Rogers)

Love isn't a state of 

perfect caring. 

It is an active noun 

like struggle. 

To love someone is to strive

 to accept that person

 exactly the way he or she is,

 right here and now.

- Fred Rogers

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how to improve photos ... Lucky Blue Smith

Put a puppy in a picture

and it will be

20 times better.

~Lucky Blue Smith

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Shadow P. Dooley

a little something from Aristotle

The soul never thinks

without a picture.

~Aristotle

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Location: San Xavier del Bac, Tucson, Arizona

a little color ... Hans Hoffman

In nature,

light creates the color.

In the picture,

color creates the light.

~Hans Hoffman

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clowning around ... Ernest Borgnine

I think we have the urge

to be a clown,

whether we know it or not.

~Ernest Borgnine

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harmony ... Elizabeth Fishel

Comparison is the death knell to sibling harmony.

~Elizabeth Fishel

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1923 PT Barnum Circus

why be jealous ... William Penn

The jealous are troublesome

to others,

but a torment

to themselves.

~William Penn

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a bit of perspective ... Aaron Hill

Don't call the world dirty

because you forgot

to clean your glasses.

~Aaron Hill

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Location: Ronsom House, Phoenix, Arizona

dream a big dream ... Eleanor Roosevelt

The future belongs to those

who believe in the beauty

of their dreams.

~Eleanor Roosevelt

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nothing is better than ... Katharine Butler Hathaway

There is nothing better
 than the encouragement 
of a good friend.

~Katharine Butler Hathaway

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Location: Nothing, Arizona 

(and yes, Nothing is there and nothing is there)

the power of encouragement ... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Correction does much,

but encouragement does more.

~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Location: Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona

goals ... Jack Nicklaus

My ability to concentrate

and work toward that goal

has been my greatest asset.

~Jack Nicklaus

finding miracles ... Jon Bon Jovi

Miracles happen everyday,

change your perception

of what a miracle is

and you'll see them

all around you.

~Jon Bon Jovi

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realism ... Mark Twain

Everything has a limit

- iron ore cannot be educated

into gold.

~Mark Twain

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Location: Tortilla Flats, Arizona

what an experience ... Oscar Wilde

Experience is simply the name

we give our mistakes.

~Oscar Wilde

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Cover Model Toby ... Prescott, Arizona

the gift of peace ... Elie Wiesel

Hope is like peace.

It is not a gift from God.

It is a gift only

we can give one another.

~Elie Wiesel

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hang on a little more, baby ... FDR

When you reach the end

of your rope,

tie a knot in it

and hang on.

~Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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a little change ... Carol Burnett

Only I can change my life.

No one can do it for me.

~Carol Burnett

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my bonnie lies over the ocean ... Rabindranath Tagore

You can't cross the sea

merely by standing and staring

at the water.

~Rabindranath Tagore

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stop a minute ... Robert Schuller

Problems are not stop signs,

they are guidelines.

~Robert Schuller

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act or react ... Charles Swindoll

Life is 10% what happens

to you and 90%

how you react to it.

~Charles R. Swindoll

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Location: Mystery Castle, Phoenix, Arizona

(I believe it was a rubber spider)

a bit of life advice from Misty Copeland

Be strong,

be fearless,

be beautiful.

And believe that

anything is possible

when you have the right people

there to support you.

~Misty Copeland 

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Location: Herberger Theater, Phoenix, Arizona

anything is possible with this .... Jameela Jamil

With a doughnut in each hand,

anything is possible.

~Jameela Jamil

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Location: Hurts Donuts, Tempe, Arizona

cooking with Jacques Pepin

Great cooking favors

prepared hands.

~Jacques Pepin

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Happy Easter ... Saint Augustine

God loves each of us

as if there were

only one of us.

~ Saint Augustine

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