All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.

~ Martin Buber

Horseback Cowboy with Trusty Dog, Arizona Trail, near Superior, Arizona 2005

You have to accept that you’ll never be good enough for some people. Whether that is going to your problem or theirs is up to you.

~ Bryant McGill

Sanderlings and Black Turnstones, Lincoln City, Oregon 2018

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

~ Voltaire

Rainbow Bubbles, Lincoln City, Oregon 2018

The sun shines not on us, but in us.

~ John Muir

Three Suns, Lincoln City, Oregon 2018

Not what we have, but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.

~ J. Petit-Senn

Dandelion Puffball, Lincoln City, Oregon 2018

The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage.

~ Thucydides

Bald Eagle, St. Paul, Minnesota 2009

Life is best experienced with a sense of awe, wonder and discovery. Go about life with a child’s curiosity.

~ Tom Gregory

Izu, African Lion, San Diego Wild Animal Park, Escondido, California 2008

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

~ Socrates

Late in the Day, Lincoln City, Oregon 2018

Your greatness is not what you have, it’s what you give.

~ Alice Hocker

Ruby’s Feathers, Turkey Vulture, Audubon Society of Portland, Portland, Oregon 2012

That person who helps others simply because it should or must be done, and because it is the right thing to do, is indeed without a doubt, a real superhero.

~ Stan Lee

Seaside Sunset, Lincoln City, Oregon 2018