A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence.

Success is its own reward, but failure is a great teacher too, and not to be feared.

As you discover what strength you can draw from your community in this world from which it stands apart, look outward as well as inward. Build bridges instead of walls.

I do know one thing about me: I don't measure myself by others' expectations or let others define my worth.

Experience has taught me that you cannot value dreams according to the odds of their coming true. Their real value is in stirring within us the will to aspire.

I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life.

Remember that no one succeeds alone. Never walk alone in your future paths.

Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences...our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging.

Until we reach equality in education, we can't reach equality in the larger society.

The Latina in me is an ember that blazes forever.

There are no bystanders in life [...] Our humanity makes us each a part of something greater than ourselves.

People change and needs change. So what was Sufism once is Sufism no more.

Only when we learn to value the differences among us can we achieve the true spirit of humanity.

Some things aren’t meant for sunlight. The only place for them is in the shadows.

We cannot all argue but we can all pray we cannot all be leaders but we can all be pleaders we cannot all be mighty in rhetoric but we can all be prevalent in prayer.

I call myself a teacher because they want me to call myself a teacher, but actually, what I'm doing is I'm studying.

As a leader, the first person I need to lead is me. The first person that I should try to change is me.

Every advance that we make for God and for His cause must be made at our inconvenience. If it does not inconvenience us at all, there is no cross in it.

If Vancouver did not succeed as Starbucks from '87 on, our entire international business, which is now thousands of stores and a significant amount of growth and profit, may not have existed.

Lost love is still love. It takes a different form, that's all.

I've always thought I was looking for myself whenever I traveled. Like a journey anywhere was really a journey through myself.