“One thing we know for sure is that change is certain. Progress is not. Progress depends on the choices we make today for tomorrow and on whether we meet our challenges and protect our values.”

“Although we were not able to shatter that highest and hardest glass ceiling this time, thanks to you it has 18 million cracks in it, and the light is shining through like never before, filling us all with the hope and the sure knowledge that the path will be a little easier next time, and we are going to keep working to make it so, today keep with me and stand for me, we still have so much to do together, we made history, and lets make some more.”

“First, we parents have to back up school authority and quit making excuses for our kids when they misbehave.”

“Parenthood has the power to redefine every aspect of life - marriage, work, relationships with family and friends. Those helpless bundles of power and promise that come into our world show us our true selves- who we are, who we are not, who we wish we could be.”

“What we have to do... is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our communities. ”

“If we only stopped to listen to them for a few minutes, kids could tell us that we move too fast, for their good and ours.”

“In this world and the world of tomorrow, we must go forward together or not at all.”