every individual can make a difference ... if we continue to leave decision making to the so-called decision makers, things will never change.

What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.

Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.

You aren't going to save the world on your own. But you might inspire a generation of kids to save it for all of us. You would be amazed at what inspired children can do.

Let us develop respect for all living things. Let us try to replace violence and intolerance with understanding and compassion. And love.

Empathy is really important.. Only when our clever brain and our human heart work together in harmony can we achieve our full potential.

Only if we understand, can we care. Only if we care, we will help. Only if we help, we shall be saved.

If you really want something, and really work hard, and take advantage of opportunities, and never give up, you will find a way.. Follow your Dreams.

The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.

Your life matters. You can't live through a day without making an impact on the world. And what's most important is to think about the impact of your actions on the world around you.

The greatest danger to our future is apathy.

How dull it is to pause, to make an end, To rust unburnish’d, not to shine in use!As tho’ to breathe were life!

If beautiful lilies bloom in ugly waters, you too can blossom in ugly situations.

The Holy Spirit is given to us in order for us to be like fire, when we speak in tongues.

I want a chainsaw very badly, because I think cutting down a tree would be unbelievably satisfying. I have asked for a chainsaw for my birthday, but I think I'll probably be given jewelry instead.

The goal of mass transit is to convince people to abandon their cars, which feature such enticing accessories as CD players and elbow room.

It doesn't seem that long ago to me that the word 'irreverent' seemed affixed to my name. 'Irreverent newcomer.' I went from irreverent to venerable in what seems to me like the blink of an eye.

I will walk by faith, even when I cannot see.

Read less, study less, but think more

No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.

What’s any artist, but the dregs of his work?