I think it is important that people who are perceived as liberals not be afraid of talking about moral and community values.

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.

We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.

You are not responsible for the murderous rampage of an alien psycho, okay?

I had an art teacher who's the reason I got there in high school who encouraged me to go to Alabama. That's where she had gone and kept raving over their art department.

If there is one abiding theme in the gym, it's the withering work in the ring. Those not fit do not survive.

Books should to one of these fours ends conduce, for wisdom, piety, delight, or use.

Just because I'm 77 doesn't mean I don't have a dream.

I want to rid my heart of envy, and cleanse my soul of rage before I'm through.

"Uisce Beatha" is a compounded distilled spirit being drawn on aromatics, and the Irish sort is particularly distinguished for its pleasant and mild flavour.

The problem with the cable networks is the lack of money, not from personal income but as far as show budget.

It's hard to hate my prep team. They're such total idiots." - Katniss.