I'm tough in the sense that I believe as strongly in what I'm doing as anybody else believes in what they are doing.

Black women rock the cradle, and whoever rocks the cradle rocks the future.

Children cannot lobby and cannot vote. We must speak for them.

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

To all those mothers and fathers who are struggling with teen-agers, I say, just be patient: even though it looks like you can't do anything right for a number of years, parents become popular again when kids reach 20.

Homeless shelters, child hunger, and child suffering have become normalized in the richest nation on earth. It's time to reset our moral compass and redefine how we measure success.

Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.