I think that dealing with guns is one way to handle the violent-crime issues that we have in this country.

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.

When someone is crying and her heart is torn, Be an angel of kindness and help her to carry on.

If you have a level of expectation in your life that you have to be a quote-unquote star, whatever that means, you might be setting yourself up for failure.

Every day FM radio ran out of hours, not music.

If I knew I had 25 years left to live, I would spend 20 of them in preparation.

I think the most important thing is to start with something that fits perfectly. Don't worry about having it in five colors.

I wouldn't say I'm a ball hog. I'm a shooter.

You've got to be stupid to heckle me - I am very equipped to win.

The more you know, the more you owe.

All gods are better than their reputation.

The lights go down, you hear the applause and you're up there, and then everything else is forgotten.