finding joy ... Tim Cook

Let your joy be

 in your journey - 

not in some 

distant goal. 

~Tim Cook

Courtesy of Dooley Family Archive

Location: Crater Lake, Oregon

perception is reality to the perceiver ... Chinese proverb

Great men never 

feel great; 

small men never 

feel small. 

~ Chinese proverb

Courtesy of the Library of Congress

1952 Doughnut Queen

shaping destiny ... Tony Robbins

It is in the moments

 of decision that 

your destiny is shaped. 

~ Tony Robbins

Courtesy of the Library of Congress

1939 Saddle Maker

employment advice ... Calvin Coolidge

No man ever listened

 himself out of a job. 

~Calvin Coolidge

Courtesy of Library of Congress

helping others ... Joel Osteen

God puts people in our lives

 on purpose so we can help them

 succeed and help them 

become all He created them to be. 

Most people will not reach

 their full potential 

without somebody else 

believing in them. 

~Joel Osteen

Courtesy of Library of Congress

Winston Salem, North Carolina

a little perseverance ... Ramana Maharshi

No one succeeds 

without effort... 

Those who succeed 
owe their success 

to perseverance. 

~Ramana Maharshi

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Location: Dwarf Car Museum

Maricopa, Arizona

inside or outside ... Meister Eckhart

The outward man

 is the swinging door; 

the inner man 

is the still hinge. 

~Meister Eckhart 

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Location: Martin Auto Museum

Phoenix, Arizona

who blows your horn ... Will Rogers

Get someone else

 to blow your horn 

and the sound 

will carry 

twice as far. 

~Will Rogers

Courtesy of Erin Enterprises

Location: Martin Auto Museum

Phoenix, Arizona

the results of laughter ... Victor Hugo

Laughter is the sun 

that drives winter 

from the human race. 

~Victor Hugo

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how to warm winter ... Japanese proverb

One kind word 

can warm 

three winter months 

~Japanese proverb

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Location: Forty-Mile, Alaska

defining success ... Sophocles

Success is dependent 

on effort. 

~Sophocles

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Location: Montezuma's Well

decisions, decisions, decisions ... Woody Allen

In my house I'm the boss, 

my wife's just

 the decision maker. 

~ Woody Allen

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Location: Nixon Library

how to know if it's love ... Erich Segal

True love comes quietly, 

without banners

 or flashing lights. 

If you hear bells, 

get your ears checked.

~Erich Segal

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Location: Mystery Castle

Phoenix, Arizona

stay warm ... Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Love keeps the cold out

 better than a cloak. 

~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Happy Valentine's Day ... Leo Buscaglia

Happiness and love

 are just a choice away. 

~Leo Buscaglia

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Location: Mystery Castle

Phoenix, Arizona

what can we change ... Carl Jung

We cannot change 

anything unless 

we accept it. 

~Carl Jung

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Location: Mystery Castler

Phoenix, Arizona

the truth of Elvis Presley

Truth is like the sun. 

You can shut it out

 for a time, 

but it ain't 

goin' away. 

~Elvis Presley

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Northern Arizona

inner joy ... Melba Colgrove

Joy is the feeling 

of grinning on the inside. 

~Melba Colgrove

Courtesy of Dooley Family Archives

melody and harmony ... Henry David Thoreau

Friends will not only 

live in harmony, 

but in melody. 

~Henry David Thoreau

Courtesy of the Library of Congress, 1917

beauty in the eye of the beholder

Things are beautiful

 if you love them. 

~Jean Andouilh

Courtesy of AFH Family Archives

the adventure begins ...Norman Cousins

Life is 

an adventure 

in forgiveness. 

~Norman Cousins

Courtesy of HRH Family Archives

things change ... Heraclitus

Everything flows,

 nothing stays still. 

~Heraclitus

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Location: Forty Mile, Alaska

Wisdom of Eskimos ...

Yesterday is ashes: 

tomorrow wood. 

Only today does

 the fire 

burn brightly. 

~Eskimo saying

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the wit and wisdom of Charles Schultz

Yesterday, I was a dog.

All photos courtesy of Dooley Family Archive and  Erin Enterprises

 Today, I'm a dog.

Tomorrow, I'll probably still be a dog.

Sigh. 

There's so little hope

 for advancement.

~ Charles Schultz

a bit of wisdom ... Charlie Chaplin

A day without laughter

 is a day wasted. 

~Charlie Chaplin

Courtesy of Dooley Family Archives

good memories ... Elvis Presley

Do something 

worth remembering. 

~ Elvis Presley

Courtesy of Dooley Family Archives

we are family ... Pope John XXIII

The whole world 

is my family. 

~Pope John XXIII

Courtesy of Dooley Family Archives

where ideas come from ... Wilfred Peterson

Many times 

we will get more ideas

 and better ideas 

in two hours of 

creative loafing 

than in 

eight hours at a desk. 

~Wilfred Peterson

Courtesy of CAT Ltd

Douglas County, Oregon