I try to act out of faith.

Don't be afraid of hard work.

I try to be a person of faith.

Let all children come unto me.

Hope is the best contraceptive.

You can't be what you can't see.

You just do it one step at a time.

Service is what life is all about.

In politics, there are no friends.

Democracy is not a spectator sport.

Service is the rent we pay for living.

Whoever said anybody has a right to give up?

Whoever said anyone has the right to give up.

I need to work outside government, on my own.

No person has the right to rain on your dreams.

This act will leave a moral blot on his presidency

You really can change the world if you care enough.

In every seed of good there is always a piece of bad.

People who don't vote have no call on political leaders!

Education is a precondition to survival in America today.

Semi-automatic weapons have no socially redeeming purpose.

If things are too easy, life is a whole lot less interesting.

Ordinary women of grace are, in a sense, my real role models.

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

Failure is just another way to learn how to do something right.

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

You were born God's original. Try not to become someone's copy.

Family and moral values are so central to everything that I am.

If we don't stand up for children, then we don't stand for much.

Don't feel entitled to anything you didn't sweat and struggle for.

Be grateful for good breaks and kind favors but don't count on them.

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

Children teach us to be courageous and to stand up against injustice.

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

Children don't vote but adults who do must stand up and vote for them.

It never occurred to me that I was not going to challenge segregation.

Be real. Try to do what you say, say what you mean, and be what you seem.

Every child’s life is sacred and it is long past time that we protect it.

History does not pose problems without eventually producing the solutions.

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

Justice is not cheap. Justice is not quick. It is not ever finally achieved.

We're a violent nation, and we need to confront it. This gun plague has to stop.

You'd better stay determined, because that's how our ancestors got us where we are.

We do not have a money problem in America. We have a values and priorities problem.

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

Character, self-discipline, determination, attitude and service are the substance of life.

I hadn't planned on going to law school. I wanted to study 19th-century Russian literature.

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

Never work just for money or for power. They won't save your soul or help you sleep at night.

You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.

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