I don't think that anyone has touched my life like you.

You have become a role model to me.

I've gotten lots of speeches from adults before on how you shouldn't do this or that, but you are the first person that actually made me think.

You are the only person I know that I can talk to about this. Everyone else acts like they could never get it. Thank you.

Now I am starting to realize just how important life is and I shouldn't waste what some people would do anything for.  So I would just like to say thank you for sort of slapping me upside the head and getting me to think.

From the beginning until the very end of your program my face was streaked with tears. I cannot thank you enough for the time that you have spent teaching us and teens all around the world about how to stay safe and to save ourselves.  I am not scared anymore. Thanks to you, I am [...]

I'm an 8th grader who heard you speak today. It is an experience I shall never forget. I may not remember every word you said, or every high point of your your talk, but I will never forget the emotion I was filled with while you spoke. I felt as if you were speaking directly [...]

A million thank you's. The first thing my mother did when she came home from hearing you speak was put her hand on the side of my face. My mom and I are very close, but your words have brought us even closer. We now have a better understanding of each other. As I write I can't [...]