Optimism is a much more enabling mindset than hard-core realism, and it's far superior to pessimism...[because] Hope helps move us in the direction of our goals and ambitions.

If you're experiencing no anxiety or discomfort, the risk you're taking probably isn't worthy of you. The only risks that aren't a little scary are the ones you've outgrown.

Most people confuse wishing and wanting with pursuing. You must place your trust in action.

Optimism inspires, energizes, and brings out our best. It points the mind toward possibilities and helps us think creatively past problems.

No sense being pessimistic. Wouldn't work anyway.

Too much attention on problems kills our faith in possibilities.

If you must doubt something, doubt your limits.

Your ethical muscle grows stronger every time you choose right over wrong.

Excellence calls for character . . . integrity . . . fairness . . . honesty . . . a determination to do what's right. High ethical standards, across the board.

So let your deepest desires direct your aim. Set your sights far above the 'reasonable' target. The power of purpose is profound only if you have a desire that stirs the heart.

We can't win the struggle for high standards if we just talk a good game . . . we've got to play a good game.

It is very expensive to give bad medical care to poor people in a rich country.

The pressures of business relationships: so I tell the guy I usually have my tea time at 10 o’clock every morning. He calls me at noon (very upset) because I didn’t meet him on the golf course.

Never let the light in your eyes fade...You are beautiful just the way youare..

Be quick to resolve conflicts before they mature to become wars. The energetic crocodile was once a delicate egg!

If you sought to leave the world, don’t go alone. Since there are too many bad people you can take them too.

I dont want to be a point guard, or a two-guard, I want people to think of me as "creative", I just want to create on the court.

I talk slicker than a pimp from Augusta who just had his linen suit dry-cleaned

Yes, it is easy to see that nearly six years of magical education have not been wasted on you, Potter. Ghosts are transparent.

Obamas IRS is not the IRS Ive ever known for over seventy years as an American citizen.

You have to have a patience for college.