The importance of high expectations plays a big role..

Life's impermanence, I realized, is what makes every single day so precious. It's what shapes our time here. It's what makes it so important than not….

They hit you with a knife, you find a gun.

The common bond of humanity and decency that we share is stronger than any conflict, any adversity. Fighting for your convictions is important. But f….

We're not products of our environments, we're products of our expectations..

Do you think that we're products of our environments? I think so, or maybe products of our expectations. Others' expectations of us or our expectatio….

The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine. The tragedy is that my story could have been his..

I sat back, allowing Wes's words to sink in. Then I responded, "I guess it's hard sometimes to distinguish between second chances and last chances..

Fighting for your convictions is important. But finding peace is paramount..

The expectations that others place on us help us form our expectations of ourselves..

I began at some point to understand the whole idea of accountability and responsibility and leadership, and I think that was something that really bi….

When it is time for you to leave this school, leave your job, or even leave this earth, you make sure you have worked hard to make sure it mattered y….

The young men in our city are not problems to be solved. They are opportunities to be unleashed..

Potential is universal, opportunity is not..

I just want to make sure that public service doesn't have to be an occupation, but it needs to be a way of life..

My mother is extraordinary; she's a superwoman, like so many other single mothers who are out there..

I just want to do as much as I can while I can, because none of us are promised anything..

Kids need to think that you care before they care what you think..

But really, where leadership is born and where leadership is really bred is..

The work is not simply about an occupation .. but why you are here..

The importance of education plays a huge role..