Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.

~ Benjamin Franklin

Great Northern Clock Tower, Spokane, Washington 2018

It’s not a good idea to jump into the sewer to catch a rat.

~ Anonymous

Hibiscus, Alicante, Spain 2006

Happiness – A butterfly, which when pursued, seems always just beyond your grasp; but if you sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

~ Anonymous

Eastern Comma Butterfly, Glacier National Park, Montana 2018

Love without action is meaningless. Action without love is irrelevant.

~ Deepak Chopra

Carving on Driftwood, Lincoln City, Oregon 2018

The beginning is always today.

~ Mary Shelly

Sea Lion, Fisherman’s Wharf, Monterey, California 2005

Never put the key to your happiness in someone else’s pocket.

~ Anonymous

Gateway, Newport Cliff Walk, Newport, Rhode Island 2007

One’s destination is never a place but a new way of looking at things.

~ Henry Miller

Swimming Snake, Cascade Lakes National Scenic Byway, Oregon 2008

Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go: they merely determine where you start.

~ Nido Qubein

Boardwalk, Jackson-Frazier Wetland, Corvallis, Oregon 2018