There are very few moments in our lives where we have the privilege to witness history taking place. This is one of those moments. This is one of those times.

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.

The best jury of your peers that you’ll ever find is…well, you. Only you know what you’re capable of and what you want to be.

Misfits aren't misfits among other misfits.

Okay. I've got a good one." Simon stroked Isabelle's hair feeling her lashes flutter against his neck as she closed her eyes. "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.

Isn't that an odd philosophy for a vampire?

I'd like to find a creative way to write a book that incorporates every Depeche Mode song ever.

I'm not saying I'm the perfect role model. But I'm honest. Period.

I don't feel any 'white guilt,' because I had nothing to do with (slavery) whatsoever. I feel shame for my country that it happened and that's why I feel we need to deal with it.

I was a loser in high school.

If you have to have a job in this world, a high-priced movie star is a pretty good gig.

You have to move from just working for money to a world where money works for you.