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.

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 want to come across as a positive person.

I want to come across as a positive person.

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.

You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.

You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.

People look up to me as somebody who is able to switch the image of our country from negative to read more

People look up to me as somebody who is able to switch the image of our country from negative to positive.

Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.

Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.

Slavery, if it can be legalized at all, can be legalized only by positive legislation. Natural law gives it no read more

Slavery, if it can be legalized at all, can be legalized only by positive legislation. Natural law gives it no aid. Custom imparts to it no legal sanction.

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

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