I have always believed that I could help change the world, because I have been lucky to have adults around me who did.

Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.

You just need to be a flea against injustice. Enough committed fleas biting strategically can make even the biggest dog uncomfortable and transform even the biggest nation.

The question is not whether we can afford to invest in every child; it is whether we can afford not to.

Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.

You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.

Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.

It's time for greatness - not for greed. It's a time for idealism - not ideology. It is a time not just for compassionate words, but compassionate action.

Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can hear it in others.

The future which we hold in trust for our own children will be shaped by our fairness to other people's children.

I have no hesitation in putting a name to the embodiment of all that I think is best about football. It's Paul Scholes. In so many ways Scholes is my favourite.

Tribe follows tribe, nations follow nations like the tides of the sea. It is the order of nature, and regret is useless.

Fate's such a shrewish thing.

I always say you can self-medicate through closet cleaning. Everyone knows that feeling of a clear surface, and how it makes you feel you can really focus and start your work.

When you're a dancer, you start with the basics. You don't all of a sudden do a grand jete and pirouette. You start with first position, second, third.

You know what family values means, that's hating the same people your grandfather hated.

It's amazing what you don't see, though. Even when it's right in front of your eyes.

I try to just make what I want to make or what I would want to see. I try not to think about the audience too much.

Share what you do profusely, because it will be remixed by others into something new, rich and strange.

In terms of the movie business, being in a 'Lord of the Rings' has given me more interesting options as work.