The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel change, grow or live.

Happiness is an inside job.

Real optimism knows the difficulties but believes they can be overcome.

Failure is not fatal. Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. It should challenge us to new heights of accomplishments, not pull us to new depths of despair. From honest failure can come valuable experience.

Real optimism is aware of problems but recognizes the solutions.

Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.

Optimism is a seed sown in the soil of faith; pessimism is a seed hoarded in the vault of doubt.