The fact that there is a robust debate in Congress is good. The fact that the debate sometimes seems unanchored to facts is not so good.

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.

To transform this world into a better place to live, make yourself a better person first.

When I post a selfie and someone comments, 'Oh, sure, go ahead and reclaim your sexuality, I got my rocks off,' that's not my problem.

Well, better expelled and able to defend yourselves than sitting safely in school without a clue," said Sirius.

Like a stone thrown into a pond, a good deed can create ripples that extend far beyond the initial splash.

We believe that it takes a strong back and a soft front to face the world.

I used to play football for Real Madrid, and to be on stage for two hours, I can tell you it takes the same amount of strength.

It is usual to think of good and evil as two poles, two opposite directions, the antithesis of one another...We must begin by doing away with this convention.

In China we can criticize Darwin but not the government. In America you can criticize the government but not Darwin.

When you give without reservation, you’ll become a magnet that pulls the world toward you.

When intelligent people read, they ask themselves a simple question: What do I plan to do with this information?