F-E-A-R has two meanings: 'Forget Everything And Run' or 'Face Everything And Rise.' The choice is yours.

If you step out of a tenth story window you do not break the law of gravity, you confirm it.

I believe Success is achieved by ordinary people with Extraordinary Determination.

You can change. You can be more than you are.

Though I am not always responsible for what happens to me, I am responsible for how I handle what happens to me.

When I discipline myself to eat properly, live morally, exercise regularly, grow mentally and spiritually, and not put any drugs or alcohol in my body, I have given myself the freedom to be at my best, perform at my best, and reap all the rewards that go along with it.

It might interest you to know that the 1828 Noah Webster Dictionary identifies the optimist in complimentary terms, but says nothing about the pessimist. The word 'pessimist' was not in our vocabulary at that time. It's a modern 'invention' which I believe we should 'dis-invent.'