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Ralph Waldo Emerson – enthusiasm

Soul Quote / Boston Massachusetts, Unites States / 1803 – 1882 / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph - Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss, Lourve, Paris France / LoadingBookmark

“Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality…

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Epictetus – freedom

Soul Quote / Hierapolis, Turkey / 55-135 / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph - Blue & red Butterfly, Sydney Australia / LoadingBookmark

“Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control. Stop aspiring to be anyone other than your own best self: for that does fall within your control.”

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Robert Louis Stevenson – seeds

Soul Quote / Edinburgh, United Kingdom / 1850 - 1894 / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Garden in Hobbiton, Matamata, New Zealand / LoadingBookmark

“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”

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William Shakespeare – love

Soul Quote / Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England / 1564 - 1616 / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph – Anniversary Flowers, Sydney Australia / LoadingBookmark

“Doubt thou the stars are fire. Doubt that the sun doth move. Doubt truth to be a liar. But never doubt I love.”

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Roberta Flack – the first time ever I saw your face

Soul Music / 1972 / Soul / 5.22 min / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Summit Climb, Mt Kosciuszko Australia / LoadingBookmark

The song became a major international hit for Roberta Flack and winning the Grammy Awards for Record and Song of the year. It was written by Ewan MacColl…

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Chinese Proverb – adapt

Soul Quote / China / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph - Water and Stones, Kaikoura New Zealand / LoadingBookmark

“A wise man adapts himself to circumstances, as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.”

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Thomas Carlyle – loving heart

Soul Quote / Ecclefechan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland / 1795 - 1881 / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph - Heart & Flowers, Sydney Australia / LoadingBookmark

“A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.”

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Kermit the Frog – rainbow connection

Soul Music / 1979 / Pop, Soundtrack / 3.15 min / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph – Rainbow over the Taree, Taree Australia / LoadingBookmark

This classic song, sung by the main character of Jim Henson’s Muppets, opens the 1979 movie which features the Muppets. We hear the distinctive voice of Kermit the Frog…

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Isaac Newton – oceans of truth

Soul Quote / Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England / 1642 -1726 / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph - Currumbin Beach, Queensland, Australia / LoadingBookmark

“To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.”

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Anne Frank – hope

Soul Quote / Frankfurt am Main, Weimar Germany / 1929 - 1945 / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph - Church of Saint Peter, Portovenere Italy / LoadingBookmark

“Where there’s hope, there’s life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.”

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Jackie De Shannon – what the world needs now is love

Soul Music / 1965 / Folk Rock, Jazz, Soul / 3.10 min / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph – Love Angels, Sydney Australia / LoadingBookmark

The song is composed by Burt Bacharach with lyrics by Hal David and popularised by Jackie De Shannon. As many of Burt Bacharach songs this…

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William Shakespeare – destiny

Soul Quote / Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England / 1564 - 1616 / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph - Sunset Desert, Dubai, United Arab Emirates / LoadingBookmark

“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.”

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