Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities.

Everyday is a new life to a wise man.

Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt.

Appreciation is the legal tender that all souls enjoy.

Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.

Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.

Be a balanced optimist. Nobody is suggesting that you become an oblivious Pollyanna, pretending that nothing bad can or ever will happen. Doing so can lead to poor decisions and invites people to take advantage of you. Instead, be a rational optimist who takes the good with the bad, in hopes of the good ultimately outweighing the bad, and with the understanding that being pessimistic about everything accomplishes nothing. Prepare for the worst but hope for the best - the former makes you sensible, and the latter makes you an optimist.