You've got to give more than you take.
If I can laugh, I can live.
Even though I don't personally believe in the Lord, I try to behave as though He was watching.
If you don't have a vision, nothing happens.
On the wall of his rehabilitation room was a picture of the space shuttle blasting off, autographed by every astronaut now at NASA. On top of the picture it says, "We found nothing is impossible." That should be our motto.
I am optimistic. But I also know that, with time, I'm beginning to fight issues of aging as well as long-term paralysis.