“Leave your excuses and live your dreams!”

“The sun always shines above the clouds.”

“If you don't feel it, flee from it. Go where you are celebrated, not merely tolerated.”

“One of the tests for positive thinking, for constructive thinking, is to test one’s idle moments. At those times, is one’s mind turning over negative critical thoughts; fighting battles that have been won or lost; rehashing senseless arguments? If so, then one is out of tune. But if one is thinking how to improve a situation or a procedure, how to gain a worthwhile objective, then one is on the constructive side of life.”

“Reality is what trips you up when you walk around with your eyes closed.”

“Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so.”

“Stories live in your blood and bones, follow the seasons and light candles on the darkest night-every storyteller knows she or he is also a teacher..”