a little joy to spread from Carlos Santana

If you carry joy in your heart,

you can heal any moment.

~Carlos Santana

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just imagine ... 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: Paradise Valley Mall, Phoenix, Arizona

move forward .. LeBron James

You can't be afraid

to fail. It's the only way

you succeed -

you're not gonna succeed

all the time, and I know that.

~LeBron James

Courtesy of Erin Enterprises
Location: City Park, Scottsdale, Arizona

making dreams come true ... Colin Powell

A dream doesn't become

 reality through magic; 

it takes sweat, determination

 and hard work. 

~Colin Powell

Courtesy of Erin Enterprises
Location: Ronsom Museum, Phoenix, Arizona

make a hat day ... Victory with Nicki Minaj

Your victory is 

right around the corner. 

Never give up. 

~Nicki Minaj

Courtesy of Larkin Family Archives

hug your dog day ... Bear Grylls

Survival can be summed up

 in three words 

- never give up. 

That's the heart of it really.

 Just keep trying. 

~ Bear Grylls

Courtesy of Larkin Family Archives

Sewing Machine Day ... Wisdom from Simone Signoret

Chains do not hold

 a marriage together. 

It is the threads,

 hundreds of tiny threads, 

which sew people together

 through the years.

~Simone Signoret

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(3/10) Determination ... Og Mandino

Failure will never overtake me

 if 

my determination to succeed

 is strong enough.

~Og Mandino

Courtesy of JMW Enterprises
Location: Alaska

(2/24) tortilla day ... the secret of Richard Gere's success

The secret of my success

is my hairspray.

~Richard Gere

Library of Congress
corn preservation ... a key component in tortilla making