HIV/AIDS has become much more than a health issue. HIV/AIDS is a development issue, it's a security issue.

We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.

Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.

To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.

We shall not defeat any of the infectious diseases that plague the developing world until we have also won the battle for safe drinking water, sanitation, and basic health care.

Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.

...there is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women.

Education is, quite simply, peace-building by another name. It is the most effective form of defense spending there is.

When women thrive, all of society benefits, and succeeding generations are given a better start in life.

Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance.

It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity.

Love enters your heart a spark and exists your soul a flame.

You will have the last word.' 'Your name will be that word.

Persistence is the source of great strength.

Seeing you with that guy tonight made me nuts, because every bone in my body says you’re mine.

When you break something, you´re not just breaking the thing, you´re like hurting everyone who made it was.

I use a Blackberry. I'm so behind on mobile communication technology, I think a smartwatch may be too far a leap.

I grew up in London. My parents and I lived in West Norwood, then we moved to Norbury, and I went to the Brit School. I'm a South London girl at heart.

If I have brightened up one single sad childhood, then I have at least accomplished something in my life.

That [photographs] disturb readers is exactly as it should be: that's why photojournalism is often more powerful than written journalism.

The more I know, the best I believe. The more I know, the best I'm worshiping Him. Because, in the end Allah knows the best.