“Don't bother. The glass is half-empty.”

“Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.”

“Let us move into the New Year with a great sense of the thrill of living.”

“Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You'll find they haven't half the strength you think they have.”

“Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.”

“Don't duck the most difficult problems. That just ensures that the hardest part will be left when you are most tired. Get the big one done - it's downhill from then on.”

“Stand up to an obstacle. Just stand up to it, that's all, and don't give way under it, and it will finally break. You will break it. Something has to break, and it won't be you, it will be the obstacle.”