I don't think marriage is a civil right, but I think that being able to transfer property is a civil right.

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.

Take the time out to have a look at yourself, it might help you to appreciate yourself better.

As long as one keeps searching the answers come.

There is something greater than any nation; it is the spirit which created the nation.

Smile sometimes: it won’t add years to your life, but it will add life to your years.

A good storyteller never lets the facts get in the way.

If we don't forgive ourselves for mistakes we've made-and everybody's made their choices, some worse than others-we'll never experience the good life God has in store.

Never underestimate the value of knowing another's language. It can be far more powerful than swords and arrows.

Whenever I have a stubborn position on something, I take a deep breath and swallow myself.

Friendship can only be addition to, not a substitute for true love

As far as the illusion of the fame, yes, I can definitely appreciate it.