Courage

Don't just dream about what you're going to do. Don't criticize somebody else for what they're not doing. You be it. Be about it. Be about that action and go do it.

You don't have to accept what was considered normal before. You don't have to accept the world as it is. You can make it into the world as it should be and could be. You can create a new normal.

You don't always need hope when everything's going fine. It's when things seem darkest. That's when you need it the most.

Don't fall for the easy cynicism that says, 'Nothing can change.' Or that there's only one way to bring about change.

We lose the freedom to be human.

The simple truth is the program you ran here is the same program. Just run it again and again and again.

Not one drop of my self-worth depends on your acceptance of me.

Between doubt and destiny is action. Between our community and the American dream is leadership.

Anything that seems to be set in stone or inalterable can, indeed, change.

Tear down walls of ignorance and narrow-mindedness, for nothing has to stay as it is.

The Berlin Wall limited my opportunities. It quite literally stood in my way. However, there was one thing which this wall couldn't do. It couldn't impose limits on my inner thoughts. My personality, my imagination, my dreams and desires — prohibitions or coercion couldn't limit any of that.

It would be better to fail doing something challenging, something worthwhile, something I was excited to show the world, than to succeed doing something safe that wouldn't actually inspire much at all.