Arnold Rampersad is a really good person. A really good person. As a matter of fact, he came to Stanford when I was Provost.

We need to move beyond the idea that girls can be leaders and create the expectation that they should be leaders.

Great leaders never accept the world as it was and always work for the world as it should be

You might not be able to control your circumstances but you can control your response to your circumstances.

The first step for a leader is to be right with yourself. Integrity is the basis of leadership.

In America, with education and hard work, it really does not matter where you came from; it matters only where you are going.

Self esteem comes from achievements. Not from lax standards and false praise.

You will make a difference in the world, but not immediately. Your first obligation is to find something you like doing, because if you like doing it, you'll do it well.

When somebody underestimated me, it made me want to prove them wrong.

Education is of no value and talent is worthless - unless you have an unwavering aim. Never find yourself without a compass.

Differences can be a strength.

Humiliation is the only ladder to honoring God's Kingdom.

Everybody says I am NOBODY, and you know NOBODY is Perfect.

I feel really blessed for the journey, all that I have learnt & the enormity of emotions that exist because of the presence of you.

A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer and attempting a task he cannot achieve.

A man is either free or he is not. There cannot be any apprenticeship for freedom.

The supposition that the future resembles the past, is not founded on arguments of any kind, but is derived entirely from habit.

The earth incites the wonder and admiration of man even though he is imperfect and his understanding greatly limited.

If you do a job another's way, he or she must take the responsibility. If you do it your way, you must take the responsibility.

There is nothing like a person with confidence, male or female, not conceitedness, but confidence. That inspires other people.

It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.