To evade arrogance, remind yourself (from time to time) that your talent or success could have been better. To be thankful, remind yourself (every now and then) that your illness or failure could have been worse.

A positive attitude is often way more important than education, money, and experience.

Some people usually make lemons, when life gives them lemonade.

Life has always been and will always be beautiful, regardless of how some or even all people have looked, are looking, or will look at it.

Most pessimists are blinded by darkness.

How we look at life and how we feel shape each other.

Depression is usually the result of focusing on a negative thought or situation way more often and for way longer than usual.

Expectation is a very powerful creative force.

Expecting defeat more than halves the potency of our effort, and more than quadruples that of our opponent’s effort.