Marian Wright Edelman – activist for the rights of children and founder of the Children’s Defense Fund.

Service is the rent we pay to be living. It is the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time.

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.

It’s time for greatness — not for greed. It’s a time for idealism — not ideology. It is a time not just for compassionate words, but compassionate action.