There are levels of outrage, and there's a point at which you can't be trespassed upon anymore.

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.

I now, weak, old, diseased, poor, dying, hold still my soul in my hands, and I regret nothing.

Beholdthe azure sea in front of you, the turquoise sky above you, the amber mountain beneath your feet, and the golden daisy in your hands.How are you not the richest person on earth?

The called souls are chosen by grace.

Anything imagined can be made real ... given sufficient genius.

Whoever said it's tough at the top is talking absolute sh*t.

A man can fall many times in life, but he's never a failure until he refuses to get back up.

Deep vers'd in books, and shallow in himself.

I have loved my friends as I do virtue, my soul, my God.

Everything that you read is an influence on everything you write, and you want to draw as many elements into your work as you can.

As an investor with small capital, one should prefer businesses that have high returns on capital and that require little incremental investment to grow.