To laugh is to risk appearing a fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out to another is to risk involvement. To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self. To place your ideas and dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss. To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure. But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

A pinch of praise is worth a pound of scorn. A dash of encouragement is more helpful than a dipper of pessimism. A cup of kindness is better than a cupboard of criticism.

Once trust is tarnished, it is hard to restore it to its original glow.

'If only' is the excuse of the loser; 'I can' is the affirmation of the winner.

Fools act on imagination without knowledge. Pedants act on knowledge without imagination.

Change, like sunshine, can be a friend or a foe, a blessing or a curse, a dawn or a dusk.

We are more than what we do... much more than what we accomplish... far more than what we possess.