Irene2727: A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for. ~ Grace Hopper
Irene2727: “If I were not King of France, I would choose to be a citizen of Venice.” ~ Henry III of France
Irene2727: The gull sees farthest who flies highest ~ Richard Bach
Irene2727: "When the world seems to be spinning out of control I choose: faith over fear; action over paralysis; focus over distraction; reflection over reaction; to stay grounded rather than getting swooped up in the chaos.” ― Charles F. Glassman, Brain Drain
Irene2727: "Autumn leaves shower like gold, like rainbows, as the winds of change begin to blow." – Dan Millman
Irene2727: "Abstraction allows man to see with his mind what he cannot physically see with his eyes." ~ ARSHILE GORKY
Irene2727: "The skyscraper establishes the block, the block creates the street, the street offers itself to man." ~Roland Barthes
Irene2727: “A tulip doesn’t strive to impress anyone. It doesn’t struggle to be different than a rose.” — Marianne Williamson
Irene2727: "When you bring the light into your dark house, that is when you see the cobwebs and spiders" ~ Rajneesh
Irene2727: Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them. Laurence J. Peter
Irene2727: As if I was the ghost belonging to the fog, and the fog was the ghost of the sea. It felt damned peaceful to be nothing more than a ghost within a ghost. ~ from Eugene O'Neill's Long Days Journey into Night
Irene2727: “If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out and meet it.” ― Jonathan Winters
Irene2727: I can't control the wind but I can adjust the sail.” ― Ricky Skaggs
Irene2727: "Sailing Unties the Knots in my Mind."~ Al Noble
Irene2727: Colors must fit together as pieces in a puzzle or cogs in a wheel. ~ Hans Hofmann
Irene2727: “All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful, but the beauty is grim.” ― Christopher Morley
Irene2727: “I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.” ― alice walker, The Color Purple
Irene2727: “And then somewhere along the shore of a distant Sunset, she tumbled across her soul, and gently Life walked in.” ― Debatrayee Banerjee
Irene2727: “I will admit you are the finest if not the loveliest rose in the garden. But you see, my dear, I was looking for a sunflower.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich, Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
Irene2727: “Light and shadow are opposite sides of the same coin. We can illuminate our paths or darken our way. It is a matter of choice.” — Maya Angelou
Irene2727: “Of all flowers, methinks a rose is best.” – William Shakespeare, The Two Noble Kinsmen
Irene2727: Pink is what red always wanted to be. ~ Anthony T. Hincks
Irene2727: “Just as ripples spread out when a single pebble is dropped into water, the actions of individuals can have far-reaching effects.”~ Dalai Lama
Irene2727: “I spent uncounted hours sitting at the bow looking at the water and the sky, studying each wave, different from the last, seeing how it caught the light, the air, the wind; watching patterns, the sweep of it all, and letting it take me. The sea.” ― Gary
Irene2727: “Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy” ― Isaac Newton
Irene2727: Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us. ~ Samuel Smiles
Irene2727: Growth comes from chaos, not order. ~ Rakesh Jhunjhunwala
Irene2727: The thoughtful soul to solitude retires. ~ Omar Khayyam
Irene2727: Renoir said once that nothing was so difficult, and at the same time so exciting, to paint, as white on white. Ambroise Vollard, French Contemporary artist, 1866-1939
Irene2727: “Everything in nature invites us constantly to be what we are.” – Gretel Ehrlich