I can get sad, I can get frustrated, I can get scared, but I never get depressed - because there's joy in my life.

I don't look at myself as a leader. I do look at myself as part of a community.

You suffer the blow, but you capitalize on the opportunity left in its wake.

Pay attention to what's happening around you. Read the book before you see the movie. Remember, though you, alone, are responsible for your own happiness, its still okay to feel responsible for someone else's. Live and to learn.

Don't spend a lot of time imagining the worst-case scenario. It rarely goes down as you imagine it will, and if by some fluke it does, you will have lived it twice.

That's the way I look at things - if you focus on the worst case scenario and it happens, you've lived it twice. It sounds like Pollyanna-ish tripe but I'm telling you - it works for me.

He gave life to the breath- oxygen, a simple gas, he transferred into words, ideas, hope.