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.

I want to be remembered as one who tried.

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.

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.

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

I am the product of many whose lives have touched mine, from the famous, distinguished, and powerful to the little known and the poor.

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