Look for the best in everybody

One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose.

Everyone has to contribute to the common good. To not do so can be described in one word: selfish.

Want to have a short phone call with someone? Call them at 11:55 a.m., right before lunch. They'll talk fast. You may think you are interesting, but you are not more interesting than lunch.

Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls aren't there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show us how badly we want things.

I'll take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short-term, earnest is long term.

Its important to have specific dreams. Dream Big. Dream without fear.