I admire people who dare to take the language, English, and understand it and understand the melody.

Nothing will work unless you do.

A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

My husband was very eager to take me out of purdah. One day I said to him, "What do I want with the outside world?""The outside world may want you, " he replied.

It is dangerous to exist in the world. To exist is to be threatened. We must live with threats.

I'm not a teen anymore, but growing up, some of my favorite things were, like, 'Twin Peaks, ' which wasn't even really my time, and this is one of the things, like a weird, quirky, small town mystery.

At home, Danes try to resolve their problems amicably so it's just surreal to see these violent pictures on TV. But as the prime minister, I can't be controlled by my emotions.

I think it's important to be with a guy who has a strong sense of integrity. That's how I was raised, and that's something I look for.

The things that go wrong for you have a lot of potential to become part of your gift to the world.

When I was a kid I just had headphones on all the time, and it changed the way I see things and the way I interpret things.

The good is the greatest rival of the best.

Often, the more money you make the more money you spend; that's why more money doesn't make you rich - assets make you rich.

Being smart spoils a lot of things, doesn't it?