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.

Television remote controls encourage couch potatoes to exercise their options while broadening their base.

The essence of life is to care. The beauty of life is to give.

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.

Three keys to more abundant living: caring about others, daring for others, sharing with others.

Freedom's enemies are waste, lethargy, indifference, immorality, and the insidious attitude of something for nothing.

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