So I had to be careful. I recognized the responsibility that, whether I liked it or not, I had to read more

So I had to be careful. I recognized the responsibility that, whether I liked it or not, I had to accept whatever the obligation was. That was to behave in a manner, to carry myself in such a professional way, as if there ever is a reflection, it's a positive one.

I just want to put some positive stuff out there. If it works, great. If it doesn't, no problem.

I just want to put some positive stuff out there. If it works, great. If it doesn't, no problem.

You can turn off the sun, but I'm still gonna shine.

You can turn off the sun, but I'm still gonna shine.

Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.

Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.

I like to think my dad was easygoing and kind, and I think some of those things have been passed read more

I like to think my dad was easygoing and kind, and I think some of those things have been passed down. I am like him in a sense of being positive and hopeful. He was compassionate, and I've got a lot of that in me as well.

Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.

Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.

Whether a person feels positive or not is kind of a comment on their personality and of no great interest. read more

Whether a person feels positive or not is kind of a comment on their personality and of no great interest. You can find positive signs or you can find negative signs. How you evaluate them depends on something that happened in your life recently or something like that. There's no objective way to do it. The important thing is you try to commit yourself to making the positive signs more real. Suppose you felt that there's 99 percent of a probability that human civilization is going to be destroyed in the next hundred years, but one percent chance it won't be, and that one percent offers some opportunities to do something. Well, you commit yourself to that one percent.

I hope the millions of people I've touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work read more

I hope the millions of people I've touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude.

A lot of times people look at the negative side of what they feel they can't do. I always look read more

A lot of times people look at the negative side of what they feel they can't do. I always look on the positive side of what I can do.