I've got certain responsibilities that I have to carry out in a very specific institution and in a specific moment in time.

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.

The idea that the future is unpredictable is undermined every day by the ease with which the past is explained.

He ran his finger along my jawline and down my neck. "The wait will be fun, but it's not going to be easy."

Happy the soul that has been awed by a view of God's majesty

We probably have a greater love for those we support than for those who support us. Our vanity carries more weight than our self-interest.

I'm not sensitive, I'm not a weepy person.

And when she dreams, she dreams of a girl who was lost at sea but one day found the shore.

Ultimately, I'm fine with everything that I've done.

I'm a sucker for giving people money on the street. I don't know if it's a good or a bad thing, but I can't help myself.

I need to go where I'm not comfortable. I think that's the artist's job.

A healthy mind breeds a healthy body and visa versa!