Dr. King used to say, 'I was sitting in the back of the bus, but my mind was always up front.' Don't let anybody tell you that you can't do it. You aim high and you work very hard and now I think it's clear that you can be anything you want to.

No time is ever wasted if you have a book along as a companion.

Far less wealthy industrialized countries have committed to end child poverty, while the United States is sliding backwards. We can do better. We must demand that our leaders do better.

I also grew up with community co-parents who looked out for each other. They looked out for children and tried to be the hands of God. They tried to live their faith.

No one, Eleanor Roosevelt said, can make you feel inferior without your consent. Never give it.

Hope is the best contraceptive.

The legacy I want to leave is a child-care system that says that no kid is going to be left alone or left unsafe.