I am a person of action. If I see I can bring a positive change, I will go for it, never mind that something might be hard to achieve.

The world has become more diversified, with women becoming a real power of change.

If women decide that their mission, their political career, balances out what they have to give up, they can be and are equally successful as men.

There is an English saying, "When the going gets tough, the tough get going." Women often become these tough ones.

Hard work, courage and commitment - these are the key elements for success.

I don't subscribe to that school of thought that leadership can be altogether defined by gender.

I have learned from my own experience that if you work hard you will succeed.

During my election campaign I was not giving out empty promises, but invited every member of society to join the efforts to work for a better life in Lithuania.

I never had ambition to become president of the state or to accomplish more than men.

If there were more women heads of state in the world, the world would be more peaceful and better focused on the improvement of the overall quality of life and welfare.

There are many examples of female leaders who are not afraid to take responsibility and openly face the challenges in the worst situations.

Those are who are selfish are rewarded for being nice. Those who truly care about others feel a smile in return is all the reward they need.

Miracles surround us at every turn, if we but sharpen our perceptions to them.

It was his knowledge of his own willful stupidity that had brought on his irritation

I allowed myself to suffer how jarringly destructive the present feels and how fragile the past.

You become that to which you are most exposed.

My memories pale as I prevail upon them again and again. They become more and more ghostly. I fear nothing so much as losing them altogether and having only my blank endless mind to live in.

The faculty know what they need to develop and they need to work with an administrator with the authority do get it done. To define everything in terms of these index numbers is ridiculous.

No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you're playing a solo game, you'll always lose out to a team.

Hamilton had one of those extraordinary 18th-century minds that touched on virtually every major topic of the day.

All we can do is to make the best of our friends, love and cherish what is good in them, and keep out of the way what is bad.