Don't wait until you are perfect to change the world.

I think that public service is tough on a family - no ifs, ands, buts about it. I have my own personal wishes, but they're not always front and center.

When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands.

I like meeting people and I like being able to help.

I've learned that asking ourselves not just what we want to be, but who we want to be is important at every stage of our lives, not just when we're starting out in the world. That's because in a way, we're starting out fresh in the world every single day.

It takes time to get to the top, and that's good - because by the time you get there, you'll have learned what you need to know in order to stay there.

We all obsess about what we are doing and accomplishing. What if we let it go and simply made the way we live our lives our accomplishment?