Knowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.

~ Theodore Roosevelt

Whiptail Lizard Peeking Out of Hole, Monahans Sandhills State Park, Texas 2007

All I can do is be me, whoever that is.

~ Bob Dylan

Eucalyptus Flower, Ventura, California 2014

Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved.

~ Leo Tolstoy

Lesser Goldfinch, Tucson, Arizona 2008

Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.
~ Hafiz

Baby and Mom Elk, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming 2008

Achievement is not about what you’ve done, but what you’ve gained from your experience.

~ Lynn Hill

Eastern Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus collaris), Arizona 2014

One of the wonderful things about being alive is that it’s never too late.

~ Phyllis A. Whitney

Monarch Butterfly, Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, West Branch, Iowa 2009

The jump is so frightening between where I am and where I want to be…because of all I may become I will close my eyes and leap!

~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Gateway Arch, St. Louis, Missouri 2009

Don’t be willing to accept an ordinary life.

~ Salle Merrill Redfield

Brewer’s Blackbird, Bodega Bay, California 2008

Life brings simple pleasures to us every day. It is up to us to make them wonderful memories.

~ Cathy Allen

Whale Weathervane, Monterey, California 2005

By being yourself, you put something wonderful in the world that was not there before.

~ Edwin Elliot

Rock Squirrel, Tucson, Arizona 2015