The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something.

The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something.

Barack Obama

When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don't really have to do anything, you just let them talk.

When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don't really have to do anything, you just let them talk.

Change is never easy, but always possible.

Change is never easy, but always possible.

If somebody is different from you, that's not something you criticize, that's something that you appreciate.

If somebody is different from you, that's not something you criticize, that's something that you appreciate.

Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail.

Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail.

Every life must be given the chance to realize its full potential - that every life matters.

Every life must be given the chance to realize its full potential - that every life matters.

Our destiny is not written for us, but by us.

Our destiny is not written for us, but by us.

We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it.

We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it.

If we aren't willing to pay a price for our values, then we should ask ourselves whether we truly believe in them at all.

If we aren't willing to pay a price for our values, then we should ask ourselves whether we truly believe in them at all.

What makes you a man is not the ability to make a child, it's the courage to raise one.

What makes you a man is not the ability to make a child, it's the courage to raise one.

Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance.

Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance.

The future must not belong to those who slander the Prophet of Islam

The future must not belong to those who slander the Prophet of Islam

Where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up.

Where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up.

No religion is responsible for terrorism. People are responsible for violence and terrorism.

No religion is responsible for terrorism. People are responsible for violence and terrorism.

Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law.

Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law.

The future is ours to win. But to get there we can't just stand still.

The future is ours to win. But to get there we can't just stand still.

Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.

Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.

The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women

The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women

Religious freedom doesn't mean you can force others to live by your own beliefs

Religious freedom doesn't mean you can force others to live by your own beliefs