Honestly, the challenge about being a mom is when something goes wrong - someone's sick, getting someone to doctor's appointments.

There is nothing worse than doing nothing and saying nothing when your voice is needed.

Step out of the space you're in. Use fear to grow. We can change lives, starting with our own.

If you can tell a story well, you can move people to do something.

Stories are more than compelling facts. People remember stories more than they remember statistics.

Always zig when people expect you to zag. Confound them!

My advice to young women who are looking to be successful; make sure you're passionate about whatever it is that you're doing. And make sure you're fulfilled by the opportunities within your job.

One thing that's certain: around the corner from every ugly thing, there's something really beautiful. If we stop at every bitter interaction; we'll never reach our destination.

One thing we can do really well for our students is to help them figure out their identity.

Is the capacity for cruelty inherent in all of us?

It is a sad day for our country when the moral foundation of our law and the acknowledgment of God has to be hidden from public view to appease a federal judge.

I teach not by feeding the mind with data but by kindling the mind.

None of the shades of blue can paint the character of few men.

Forgiveness to the injured does belong but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right.

There is nothing quite like the moral absolutism of the young." -Hodge

I think we can be our own gods. I believe in myself.

President Obama went to India, South Korea, then Japan. He's going to keep travelling until he finds his birth certificate.

You will find yourself in the Quran, I guarantee you.

As you get older you have to force yourself to have new dreams.

Mastery of creative tension brings out the capacity for perseverance and patience. Time is an ally.