Below are some stand alone quotes that have been used on the Earth Images Blog.  I hope you enjoy!

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”……Albert Einstein

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, “I used everything you gave me.” ~Erma Bombeck

I have a simple philosophy: Fill what’s empty. Empty what’s full. Scratch where it itches. Alice Roosevelt Longworth

“All things in moderation…..including moderation itself”…..Julia Childs

“I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done” Lucille Ball

It is easier to get an actor to be a cowboy than to get a cowboy to be an actor.

Don’t squat with your spurs on.

Never slap a man who’s chewing tobacco.

If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.

It’s the bulls and blood, dust and mud, and the roar of a Sunday crowd.

Nature gave us all something to fall back on, and sooner or later we all land flat on it.  Varied cowboy philosophers

“Do what you believe in, and believe in what you do” Wayne Nelson 

“Financial and physical poverty are a terrible thing, yet they pale in comparison to spiritual poverty” Wayne Nelson

“Living on dreams is unwise, living without them is impossible”…..Wayne Nelson

“Live life as if it’s your one and only masterpiece”  Wayne Nelson

“It is wise to speak because you have something to say; not because you have to say something” Wayne Nelson

“Live not only the full length of your life, but the full width as well” Wayne Nelson

“Being an Indian is an attitude, a state of mind, a way of being in harmony with all things and all beings. It is allowing the heart to be the distributor of energy to the Earth: to allow feelings and sensitivities to determine where energy goes: bringing aliveness up from the Earth and down from the Sky, putting it in and giving it out from the heart” Brooke Medicine Eagle

Earth teach me quiet ~ as the grasses are still with new light.

Earth teach me suffering ~ as old stones suffer with memory.

Earth teach me humility ~ as blossoms are humble with beginning.

Earth teach me caring ~ as mothers nurture their young.

Earth teach me courage ~ as the tree that stands alone.

Earth teach me limitation ~ as the ant that crawls on the ground.

Earth teach me freedom ~ as the eagle that soars in the sky.

Earth teach me acceptance ~ as the leaves that die each fall.

Earth teach me renewal ~ as the seed that rises in the spring.

Earth teach me to forget myself ~ as melted snow forgets its life.

Earth teach me to remember kindness ~ as dry fields weep with rain.  A Ute Prayer

“Will you teach your children what we have taught our children? That the earth is our mother? What befalls the earth befalls all the sons of the earth. “This we know: the earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. “One thing we know: our god is also your god. The earth is precious to him and to harm the earth is to heap contempt on its creator.” Chief Seattle

“There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.” Ansel Adams

“When I see a beautiful photograph…I can almost hear the music” Ansel Adams

“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” Thomas Merton

“Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend” Albert Camus

“Don’t try to be what you ain’t, find out what you are and be the best you can be” Elderly Cleaning Lady…from Father Knows Best

“I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth” The Who

“A faith to live by, a self to live with, and a purpose to live for.”
– Bob Harrington

“Don’t die with your music still in you” Wayne Dyer