Education must be a great equaliser in our society. It must be the tool to level the differences that our various social systems have created over the past thousands of years.

Women are the social conscience of a country. They hold our societies together.

For some days, people thought that India was shaking. But there are always tremors when a great tree falls.

When a big tree falls, the ground shakes

Our task today is to bring India to the threshold of the twenty-first century, free of burden of poverty, legacy of our colonial past, and capable of meeting the rising aspirations of our people.

She was mother not only to me but to the whole nation. She served the Indian people to the last drop of her blood.

We used to be best friends but the first time I saw you, my heart beats fast like my happiness can never be surpassed. I don’t know why but if I lost you promise I will always cry.

...I always thought youth were idealists - now, I'm not so sure - I'm more idealistic now then at 17...

Ever notice the word 'rough' in through? There is truth to that, though the way may be rough, we are still able to get through it.

I have no doubt that historians will conclude that we of the twentieth century had intelligence enough to create a great civilization but not the moral wisdom to preserve it.

Now I love to feel that warm southern rain, Just to hear it fall is the sweetest sounding thing. And to see it fall on your simple country dress It's like heaven to me I must confess.

I would rather feel the hurt inside, yes I would darling, than know the emptiness that your heart must hide.

Never charge a player and, above all, no pointing your finger or yelling.

I'd gone through periods where I didn't work live performances for probably seven or eight months at a time.

A flirt is like a dipper attached to a hydrant; every one is at liberty to drink from it, but no one desires to carry it away.

In all my career, in my ups and downs, I've never had a beauty campaign. This was meaningful that at almost 41 years old, I could be getting my first beauty campaign. It made me feel really great.