For every achievement, there is a critic to devalue its worth.

I don't see the point in apologizing to someone who remains angry enough to throw me off a cliff...unless we are standing by a cliff.

A family portrait is only complete with love to fill it's frame.

Every optimistic path will take you farther, faster, and to greater altitude than any road of pessimism.

A cheerful demeanor makes brighter the day; as the sun, chasing darkness and sorrow away.

The only true failure is failure to try.

Success is found balanced between optimism and realism, where it is unhindered by the weight of pessimism.