“Many people would rather be certain of their worries and fears, than risk the uncertainty of hope and optimism.”

Regardless of the problem, as long as our solution requires someone else to change, we will never know the power and promise of self-determination.

There are two ways to make someone important in our lives … we can either love them or hate them.

You can’t ‘cope with’ change anymore than you can ‘manage’ stress.

Our past is not, as some fear, a series of events carved in stone that we must carry around for the rest of our lives… but a kaleidoscope of experiences that, when viewed through different lenses, can ‘color’ (change) how we see our present and future.

Meaning isn’t something we discover, it is what we bring to life, either by choice or by chance.

To change any aspect of our life we must be willing to change our mind… Unfortunately, that is the one thing most people are the least willing to do.

Trust is simply a set of expectations about the present and the future. The key is to ensure that these are chosen and evaluated based upon awareness versus fear.

Nothing destroys a relationship quicker than our fears of inadequacy and loss.

True ‘magic’ is simply the ability to transcend what seems to be and, thus, transform one’s experience. Maybe we could all use a little ‘Harry Potter’ in our lives.

Creating a meaningful life has less to do with how we feel about our past than what we do about our future.

In order to become more influential with those who are resistant to our point of view, we must be willing to start with what is influencing them.

It’s not simply what we feel, but what we feed, that determines what we do and how we live.

We limit our success when we mistake the limits of our perception for reality.

When we take care of ourselves like we would take care of someone we love, the quality of our living and our giving goes up.

The problem with righteous indignation is that even when you’re right, you’re still left feeling indignant.

Never make your highest purpose, or the most important thing in your life something that is outside of your control.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement .

I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day.

For myself I am an optimist – it does not seem to be much use to be anything else.

In spite of all of the things, the issues, that we may be confronting today, I’m very hopeful, very optimistic about the future.

If you’re not hopeful and optimistic, then you just give up. You have to take that long hard look and just believe that if your consistent, you will succeed.

You have to be optimistic just in keeping with the philosophy of non-violence.

You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.

Never lose your hope, be optimistic.