I don't think anyone can grow unless he's loved exactly as he is now, appreciated for what he is rather than what he will be.

Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.

Hopefully your choices can come from a deep sense of who you are.

We speak with more than our mouths. We listen with more than our ears.

What matters in this life is more than winning for ourselves. What really matters is helping others win too. Even if it means slowing down and changing our course now and then.

I wonder if we might pledge ourselves to remember what life is really all about—not to be afraid that we're less flashy than the next, not to worry that our influence is not that of a tornado, but rather that of a grain of sand in an oyster! Do we have that kind of patience?

Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me.