If parents snicker at racial and gender jokes, another generation will pass on the poison adults still have not had the courage to snuff out.

When I fight about what is going on in the neighborhood, or when I fight about what is happening to other people’s children, I’m doing that because I want to leave a community and a world that is better than the one I found.

Be a good ancestor. Stand for something bigger than yourself. Add value to the Earth during your sojourn.

As [Martin Luther] King said, it never cost anybody a dime to integrate the lunch counters. When you start talking about trying to deal with jobs and hunger and things that require investment, then that's really the tough stuff, because everybody wants to do right if it doesn't cost them anything.

Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.

It is [children] who are God's presence, promise and hope for mankind.

It is the responsibility of every adult... to make sure that children hear what we have learned from the lessons of life and to hear over and over that we love them and that they are not alone.