Take the Chance!

Decide, then Act!

“Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.”

Bill Cosby (born 1937); comedian, actor

Why are you Busy?

“It’s not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: what are we busy about?”

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862); naturalist, author, philosopher

Live "with" the World

“The single greatest lesson the garden teaches is that our relationship to the planet need not be zero-sum, and that as long as the sun still shines and people still can plan and plant, think and do, we can, if we bother to try, find ways to provide for ourselves without diminishing the world. ”

Michael Pollan (born 1955); Author, activist

Who stops you?

“The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.”

Ayn Rand (1905-1982); writer, philosopher

Sacrifice can be good

“Nothing really worth having is easy to get. The hard-fought battles, the goals won with sacrifice, are the ones that matter.”

Aisha Tyler (born 1970); American actress and comedian

Those who get on

“The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them.”

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950); playwright, Nobel Prize winner

You Decide Where to Go

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who'll decide where to go.”

—Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904-1991); Writer, Cartoonist, Animator

You Have a Choice

“With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice.”

—Oprah Winfrey
(1954-); Television Host, Actress, Philanthopist

Choose Your Destination!

"A destination not chosen, is a destination not reached, and becomes a destination not wanted."

--Edmond Danken Sailor