"Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself." ~Walter Anderson
"It is only when we take chances, when our lives improve. The initial and the most difficult risk that we need to take is to become honest." ~Walter Anderson
"Smile. Have you ever noticed how easily puppies make human friends? Yet all they do is wag their tails and fall over." ~Walter Anderson
"We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy." ~Walter Anderson