We're not questioning the legitimacy of the outcome of the election. You didn't have Republicans questioning whether or not [Barack] Obama legitimately beat John McCain in 2008.

If you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it.

You cannot be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe. You have to have courage, raw courage.

We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.

When people tell me nothing has changed, I say come walk in my shoes and I will show you change.

If you're not hopeful and optimistic, then you just give up. You have to take that long hard look and just believe that if your consistent, you will succeed

I say from time to time that the vote is precious. It's almost sacred. It is the most powerful nonviolent tool or instrument that we have in a democratic society. And we must use it.

Don't give up! Don't give in! Keep the faith! And keep your eyes on the prize!

You cannot give up - you have to be persistent and keep pushing, and press on.

I truly believe that one day we will get there, we will arrive. And if we do it right in America, maybe, just maybe, we can serve as a model for the rest of the world.

You have to have the capacity and the ability to take what people did, and how they did it, and forgive them and move on.

I spend one evening with a handsome merman, and I become a silly mermaid with a crush.

Be a pro at what you do. No one shows-up to meetings of the Unsuccessful Skydivers Club.

I had never been as resigned to ready-made ideas as I was to ready-made clothes perhaps because although I couldn't sew I could think.

We must weed out corruption and build a strong system of justice that the people can trust.

I have been suspected of being what is called a Fundamentalist. That is because I never regard any narrative as unhistorical simply on the ground that it includes the miraculous.

It is the enemy who can truly teach us to practice the virtues of compassion and tolerance.

Give yourself permission to shoot for something that seems totally beyond your grasp. You may be surprised at your capabilities

It's like a koala pooped a rainbow on my head and I can taste the colors.

The people who have sacrificed their view in order to get to the top have very often left no footprints in the sands of time.

I always say, when they ask me about American politics, is for you guys to decide who you elect.