And I believe the nation that invented the automobile cannot walk away from it.

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.

My wandering has led me to the beginning of our journey together. I suppose it's only fitting for me to be here at that journey's end.

The rivalry ends here, " [Percy] said. "I love you, Wise Girl.

If you do not read and listen to the opposite ideas, you can always remain a stupid person! Opposite ideas, however contrary they may sound, are your greater chances on the way to truth!

Your old men shall dream dreams your young men shall see visions.

Every masterpiece is just dirt and ash put together in some perfect way.

Mathematics to me is like a language I don’t speak though I admire its literature in translation.

If you're secure in yourself, and even if you're not secure in yourself, you don't need to bully.

I did go through a period where I was on unemployment. That was my low point: Martha Quinn on line at unemployment, hoping nobody will recognize her.

Blessings upon your mind and heart. Let openness, trust and love be your first response. This is the secret to everlasting joy, peace and contentment.

I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government rather than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.