My mother helped me understand how not to show off what I knew, but how to use it so that others might benefit.

Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.

We have to improve life, not just for those who have the most skills and those who know how to manipulate the system. But also for and with those who often have so much to give but never get the opportunity.

My mother helped me understand how not to show off what I knew, but how to use it so that others might benefit.

No one will do for you what you need to do for yourself. We cannot afford to be separate. We have to see that all of us are in the same boat.

We've got to work to save our children and do it with full respect for the fact that if we do not, no one else is going to do it.

If the times aren't ripe, you have to ripen the times.