Quotes from Michael J. Fox

With gratitude, optimism is sustainable.

Chris defined hero as "an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure.

Chris focused not on the "What happened?" but on the "What now?" "Before a catastrophe, we can't imagine coping with the burdens that might confront us in a dire moment. Then when that moment arrives, we suddenly find that we have resources inside us that we knew nothing about

Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool, or you go out in the ocean.

The American political experience can therefore be viewed as optimism in the collective.

I think I am a realist. The reality is that things change; the question is, how will I perceive that change, and am I willing to change along with it? It may seem hard to believe, but it's catastrophe that offers the most promise for an even richer life.

The only way for government to express the needs and desires of Americans is if Americans speak up and get involved.

Family it is not an important thing, it is everything.

The reflected version of myself, wet, shaking, rumpled, pinched and slightly stooped, would be alarming were it not for the self-satisfied expression pasted across my face. I would ask the obvious question, "What are you smiling about?" but I already know the answer: "It just gets better from here".