In trying to make a big difference, don't ignore the small daily differences we can make.

If we think we have ours and don't owe any time or money or effort to help those left behind, then we are a part of the problem rather than the solution to the fraying social fabric that threatens all Americans and the very dream that is America.

Understand and be confident that each of us can make a difference by caring and acting in small as well as big ways.

God did not create two classes of children or human beings-only one.

I'm doing what I think I was put on this earth to do. And I'm really grateful to have something that I'm passionate about and that I think is profoundly important.

Each American must remember and help America remember that the fellowship of human beings is more important than the fellowship of race and class and gender in a democratic society.

We must serve consciously as caring role models, emphasizing the ethic of service, not consumption.