Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more

Encouragement is oxygen to the soul.

Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.

Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.

Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.