Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important.

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.

His soul was shaped by the cadence of Sabbath keeping and seasonal festivals that were intended to help Him and all people to remember God's faithfulness, protection, and provision.

Disorder makes me feel at ease if I'm alone, embarrassed if I'm not.

Ah,” said a voice from the doorway, “having your annual ‘everyone thinks Will is a lunatic’ meeting, are you? “It’s biannual,” said Jem. “And no, this is not that meeting.

I'm stronger knowing that while Donna Rice could be sold, she could not be bought.

I won't trade humanity for patriotism.

I’m not running away from my responsibilities. I’m running to them. There’s nothing negative about running away to save my life.

We need not all agree, but if we disagree, let us not be disagreeable in our disagreements.

Characters are story. And any great plot or subplot is driven by the characters' wants and desires.

Your inner peace has nothing to do with your dramas of your life.

It has been said that people never do evil with more enthusiasm than when they do it in the name of God.