Each wave of immigrants that have come in have been able to assimilate, integrate and then rise up and become part of this great American Dream.

You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

Keep exploring. Keep dreaming. Keep asking why. Don’t settle for what you already know. Never stop believing in the power of your ideas, your imagination, your hard work to change the world.

When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don't really have to do anything, you just let them talk.

Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail.

Change is never easy, but always possible.

Don’t ever let anybody tell you that your efforts don’t matter or that your voice doesn’t count. Don’t ever believe that you can’t make a difference. You have.

Where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up.

Learning to stand in somebody else's shoes, to see through their eyes, that's how peace begins. And it's up to you to make that happen. Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.

If somebody is different from you, that's not something you criticize, that's something that you appreciate.

Morganith snorted and didn’t lower her weapon. “One girl can cause alotta trouble, Hari. You and I are proofa that.

Opportunity may only knock once, but temptation'll knock down the damn door and drag you out by the hair.

The present is what is happening when you strip away all the resentments of your past and all the worries you have about your future.

It may be interesting to note how many statesmen there are who believe that the cost of living can be reduced by making the people of other countries help to feed and clothe us.

I would like the [film] industry to be more aware of what they're doing to influence people for good and for bad. There's no doubt that we're affected by our environment

That is what fame is, isn't it? To get the world to fall in love with you.

Philanthropy isn't just about big gifts; it's about participation. It is about the grace that comes from working together.

If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.

I love film; I'd love to do as many films as possible.

Though an atom is invisible, unthinkable, yet in it are the whole power and potency of the universe.