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

"You just need to be a flea against injustice. Enough committed fleas biting strategically can make even the biggest dog uncomfortable and transform even the biggest nation."

"Children under five are the poorest age group in America, and one in four infants, toddlers and preschoolers are poor during the years of greatest brain development."

"A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back - but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you."

"Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams of Time."

"A man is wise with the wisdom of his time only, and ignorant with its ignorance."

"What we're discussing privately and publicly, is a budget which is a blueprint for the future which creates jobs, which educates our children, which provides healthcare for all Americans, which takes our deficit down, which gives a tax cut for 95% of the American people."

"We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent."