We shouldn’t have a bunch of politicians, a majority of whom are men, making health care decisions on behalf of women.

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.

Harry was a bright boy. And like many bright boys, he had a little mischief in him.

No man should part with his own individuality and become that of another.

By discovering how our minds work, we can improve our learning power and unlock our true potential.

Joy is not gush. Joy is not mere jolliness. Joy is perfect acquiescence ~ acceptance, rest ~ in God’s will, whatever comes.

I was forced to go to Cotillion when I was in seventh grade. So I learned what fork is what and dance steps.

I'd make a bad preacher.

Beyond the deepest tragedy there is laughter; even in the midst of tragedy there is always the possibility for laughter.

Aggressors cannot wage total war without introducing Socialism.

Family is the most important thing in my life, so I guess it's not surprise that I like to write about it.

I love flinging everything I buy behind me onto the back-seat of the car: it's always full of packages when I travel, when I leap in my car!