A hero is someone who over and over does the right thing even though no one is there to witness it.

But on the big things, I'm not going to trim in order to win public opinion. Because I really don't want to serve in the Senate if I arrive there without permission to do the things I think need to be done.

I thought dying for your country was the worst thing that could happen to you. I think killing for your country can be a lot worse. Because that's the memory that haunts.

Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change. Kindness that catches us by surprise brings out the best in our natures.

It was not just inappropriate behavior

There is no force more liberating than the knowledge that you are fighting for others.

Slow down, especially at the beginning of a speech. You'll get the audience's attention by pausing.