You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.

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.

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.

A nation that does not stand for its children does not stand for anything and will not stand tall in the future.

Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling.

To smell and enjoy the beauty of this precious journey we call life, decorate yourself with luscious scenic nature.

When we are in Christ His goals are now our goals, and we are to be busy with his work on earth.

Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them and pretty soon you have a dozen.

Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his weaknesses and his dreams.

Betterment of conditions the world over is not essentially dependent on scientific knowledge but on the fulfillment of human traditions and ideals.

Courageous leadership is not fearless leadership. What makes you a leader is how you deal with your fears.

You can not have comedy unless people are behaving badly. You can't have it.

I prefer sneaking in the back door.

The universe is based on sullen entropy; It falls apart as it goes on