Too many of us hear without heeding, read without responding, confess without changing, profess without practicing, worship without witnessing, and seek without sharing.

Failure is delay, but not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead-end street.

Real optimism sees the negatives but accentuates the positive.

A good teacher explains, while a great teacher inspires

Only the person who risks is truly free

America needs fewer men obsessed with erecting fences of hate, suspicion and name calling.

The optimist lives on the peninsula of infinite possibilities; the pessimist is stranded on the island of perpetual indecision.