I believe that for all our imperfections, we are full of decency and goodness, and that the forces that divide us are not as strong as those that unite us.

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.

Today, just take time to smell the roses, enjoy those little things about your life, your family, spouse, friends, job. Forget about the thorns -the pains and problems they cause you - and enjoy life

May the power of the Holy Spirit give us the grace, strength and wisdom.

Carrie is my child, and I love her with every ounce of strength I possess.

I was the punk outsider who nobody messed with. I was fearless. At 16, I graduated and moved out.

A girl ask me for a ring and i put one around her whole eye.

My dream was maybe someday, one night I can be a guest on a talk show, and then I will have achieved everything I want.

We live in the best of all possible worlds

Everytime you see a flood like that on the news you tell yourself: That's it. That's my heart.

I'd always wanted to go to drama school. My life plan was to get into drama school and become an actor, but it took me three years.

Any questions?" "Ya why do your drawings suck so bad?