"Don't just get involved. Fight for your seat at the table. Better yet, fight for a seat at the head of the table."

"I always like to look on the optimistic side of life."

"Take off your bedroom slippers, put on your marching shoes. Shake it off. Stop complaining, stop grumbling, stop crying. We are going to press on. We’ve got work to do."

"To gain the perspective that comes from seeing things through another person's eyes, you must suspend judgment."

"Gratitude looks to the Past and love to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead."

"Of all the 'attitudes' we can acquire, surely the attitude of gratitude is the most important and by far the most life-changing."