People with mental problems are our neighbors. They are members of our congregations, members of our families; they are everywhere in this country. If we ignore their cries for help, we will be continuing to participate in the anguish from which those cries for help come. A problem of this magnitude will not go away. Because it will not go away, and because of our spiritual commitments, we are compelled to take action.

Kindness is the connection that links us all together and strengthens the bonds within our communities, neighborhoods, and families.

First ladies throughout our history have been expected to be adoring wives and perfect mothers.

Without volunteers, we'd be a nation without a soul.

You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you can be satisfied that you've tried. If you don't accept failure as a possibility, you don't set high goals, you don't branch out, you don't try - you don't take the risk.

If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can't accomplish it. You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.

There is clearly much left to be done, and whatever else we are going to do, we had better get on with it.