We're Americans. We shape our own future. Let's start by standing up for President Barack Obama.

It's time for democrats to grow a backbone and stand up for what we believe.

We have drained common sense out of our politics. The more we focus on tactics and games, the more good people check out and give up

Be present - and see what a difference it makes in your lives and in the world.

I've learned over the years that identity has a whole lot less to do with location or other people's expectations than with your own sense of self and self-confidence.

Don't tell me words don't matter.

It's a free country. I wish it weren't.

I view the experiences that I have had - both the tough ones and the pleasant ones - as gifts.

If you are ever going to move beyond where you stand at that moment you have to conjure a picture in your head of where you want to go.

Let's go tell everyone we meet that, when the American dream is at stake, you want Barack Obama in charge.

For too long, Democrats have been telling people what they want to hear. I'm going to tell you what I believe.

Failure results from lack of focus and half trust. Success results from complete devotion and utmost trust.

The tear-stained letters of my regret will remain forever unread, for I am never going to be strong enough to give them to you.

PREFACE PROBLEM: Nobody reads prefaces.SOLUTION: Call the preface Chapter 1.NEW PROBLEM CREATED BY SOLUTION: Chapter 1 is boring.RESOLUTION: Throw away Chapter 1 and call Chapter 2 Chapter 1.

To think of criticism as a conversation is to think of it as a social act, something that puts you in touch with other people who may think the way you do.

There is no such thing as a wrong note.

It changed me more than anything else. You don't want to get to that place where you're the adult and you're palpably in the next generation. And, this shoved me into that.

Getting to St. Mary's College was a big deal for me because that essentially led to me getting to go to NYU.

There's a high point in your career, and then people get bored; they want something else to come along.

God has gone before us so we can walk in the future He has for us.

Service is the ultimate edge. Keep it sharp.