It is time for every one of us to roll up our sleeves and put ourselves at the top of our commitment list.

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.

Oh, I thought of calling it Journeyings in Germany. It sounds well, and would be correct. Or Jottings from German Journeyings--I haven't quite decided yet... (Minora)

If people ever question your loyalty, you never had theirs.

Commandment #1: Believe in yourself. Commandment #2: Get over yourself.

The modern progressive movement believes that dissenting language is objectionable, which then removes the brakes between anger and violence.

My mother wanted me to be her wings, to fly as she never quite had the courage to do. I love her for that. I love the fact that she wanted to give birth to her own wings.

If I hadn't been a designer, I'd have been a painter. I began as a painter and learned the craft of pottery in order to support myself.

Value the relationship more than making your quota.

I work on a laptop specifically so I can work in cafes and pretend I'm part of the human world.

If you want nothing, do what you want. If you want everything, develop discipline

I learned early that if I wanted to achieve anything in life, I'd have to do it myself. I learned that I had to be accountable.