“The desire to do something because you find it deeply satisfying and personally challenging inspires the highest levels of creativity, whetherit's in the arts, sciences, or business.”

“When a poor person dies of hunger it has not happened because God did not take care of him or her. It has happened because neither you nor I wanted to give that person what he or she needed.”

“Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.”

“Life is a challenge, we must take it.”

“The person who gives with a smile is the best giver because God loves a cheerful giver.”

“There is thing you can do but I can not and there is thing I can but you can not; so let us make something beautiful together”

“I forced myself to keep my eyes open so I could memorize every curve of her face. I wanted the image burned so deeply in my memory that when I closed my eyes to sleep at night, she would be the last thing I saw and the first person on my mind when I woke.”