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

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.

Differences can be a strength.

[In] the United States, we've always been held together by the belief that it doesn't matter where you came from. It matters where you're going.

We begin to become divine by learning to love like the divine loves. And how does the divine love? It loves everyone-including you-freely and without conditions.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes but quickly to see how to make them good.

I was an only child; I didn't have a sister, or sisters.

Maybe the best definition of what a great partnership or great love is when people make each other grow in a better direction than they would have grown on their own.

If we don't take the necessary measures, famine will be the scandal of this century.

He had no plans, no definite intentions, except to kiss her lips again, to hold her in his arms.

Like all young men, you greatly exaggerate the difference between one young woman and another.

Anything based on ancient texts is difficult for a modern reader to get their head around.

Railways are irresistible bazaars, snaking along perfectly level no matter what the landscape, improving your mood with speed, and never upsetting your drink.

To the winner, there is 100-percent elation, 100-percent fun, 100-percent laughter; and yet the only thing left to the loser is resolution and determination.