"My life is like a stroll upon the beach, as near the oceans edge as I can go." ~Henry David Thoreau Photo credit: Maddenphotography (available as a print)

"Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come." ~Anne Lamott Photo credit: Lewfoster (available as a print)

"I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world." ~George Washington Photo credit: SandraLynns (available as a print)

"Rabbi Zusya said that on the Day of Judgment, God would ask him, not why he had not been Moses, but why he had not been Zusya." ~Walter Kaufmann Photo credit: Deborahgwinnetc (available as a print)

"Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first." ~Ernestine Ulmer Photo credit: JudyStalus (available as a print)

"We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light." ~Evelyn Dunbar Photo credit: SixthAndMain (available as a print)

"If you know someone who tries to drown their sorrows, you might tell them sorrows know how to swim." ~Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Photo credit:  TheParisPrintShop  (available as a print)

"If there is one spot of sun spilling onto the floor, a cat will find it and soak it up" ~Jean Asper McIntosh Photo credit: tbellphotography (available as a print)