Like the waves

Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, so do our minutes, hasten to their end.
William Shakespeare

Rise and touch the sky

We never know how high we are till we are called to rise; and then, if we are true to plan, our statures touch the skies.
Emily Dickinson

'Don't you dare!'

Never touch a butterfly's wing with your finger.
- Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Too long

Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.
- Willa Cather

A Tree Trail.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Pieces of Heaven on Earth.

On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.
- Jules Renard

Planting in my soul.

Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul.
- Thomas Merton