Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It's important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It's the way in which we ourselves grow and develop.

Progress comes from caring more about what needs to be done than about who gets the credit

We had people of all backgrounds coming together - all races, all creeds, all colors, all status in life. And coming together there was a kind of quiet dignity and a kind of sense of caring and a feeling of joint responsibility.

We have to realize we are building a movement.

I want to be remembered as one who tried.

We are not a problem people, we are people with problems.

If the time is not ripe, we have to ripen the time.