Our words can have power that we don't think we have in everyday life - anyone can make a difference.

I wouldn't call myself a geek, but I do sometimes teach Mommy and Daddy stuff about computers. And I do watch TV, but only informative programmes like the news and documentaries.

In order to make anything a reality, you have to dream about it first.

Since the age of four, I've been exploring what I can do with the written word: everything from championing literacy and youth voice to raising awareness about world hunger.

You must lend an ear today, because we are the leaders of tomorrow

All that you need to become an entrepreneur and change the world is a working brain - and pretty much nothing else.

Learning between grown-ups and kids should be reciprocal. The reality, unfortunately, is a little different, and it has a lot to do with trust, or a lack of it.

Young people are often asked, 'What do you want to be when you grow up?' and given advice about how to lead meaningful adult lives, but where's the encouragement to lead meaningful lives right now?

If you pursued something that you felt strongly about, then I call that success.

Let's abolish the term 'childish' because adults normally cause the largest problems.

It seems we're not only uninformed about our present, we're ignorant of our past.

Never dance in a puddle when there's a hole in your shoe (it's always best to take your shoes off first).

There's nothing greater than having a heart filled with love...& eyes filled with light:-)

Open your eyes, train your ears, use your head. If a mind you have, then use it while you can.

I have tons of jewelry. I like to wear a lot of it

More and more, the Democrats are not merely inconsistent, wrong and/or misguided - they are the worst of all possible things you can be in Washington: irrelevant.

When someone gives me three reasons instead of one, I'm inclined not to believe any of them.

Unless knowledge is transformed into wisdom, and wisdom is expressed in character; education is a wasteful process.

How I regret now that my perpetual emotional dependence on the man I love has killed all my other talents - my energy too: and I had such a lot of that once.

A business model describes how your company creates, delivers and captures value.

I think it's probably a good thing to be considered stable, but with a capacity for madness.