The first thing I'd do as president is sign the Freedom of Choice Act.

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.

Do not watch your life melt away just like that for life is too precious to waste it doing nothing.

Leaders face battles. They don’t run away from troubles.

The plan to deal with fears: #1. Fear the Lord!#2. Let the Lord deal with the rest!

Capitalism means that a few people will do very well, and the rest will serve the few.

I definitely consider myself a songwriter first because that's my best attribute.

One of these days, you're going to fall in love with some guy, and you're not going to know what to do with yourself.

Living to glorify God means doing everything... for Him, His way, to point to His greatness and to reflect His goodness.

Today I'm a more solid, grounded person, positioned to encourage women. I have learned to be molded by God into the person He wants. I want to help and encourage others to be the best they can be.

Playoff basketball ... you've got to treat every possession like it's your last.

You have to invent the future you want.