There's something beautiful about the fact that Obama was not just elected, but elected decisively across racial, and socio-economic and cultural groups and that we all celebrated in his win.

Nothing will work unless you do.

A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

Are you exciting to be with... or are you boring like the rest of them?

People come and go.

I lay there under the stars and thought of what a great responsibility it is to be human.

Maybe it'll be like 'The Simpsons,' and everybody will remain unchanged. Maybe that's what 'Glee''s about. Maybe this is kind of a stasis show. I don't know.

Like a French poem is life; being only perfect in structure when with the masculine rhymes mingled the feminine are.

Beware of self-righteousness in every possible shape and form. Some people get as much harm from their "virtues" as others do from their sins.

As an actor, you always want to do the juicy stuff. But, it's important to get the levels right.

The redbreast whistles from a garden-croft; and gathering swallows twitter in the skies.

Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.

I don't really consider myself a "singer." I am getting more comfortable singing every day, which is great.