I believe in having a private life.

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.

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

Differences can be a strength.

The biggest test for parents is not how they parent, but how the respond to disorder and unpredictability.

If a poem is each time new, then it is necessarily an act of discovery, a chance taken, a chance that may lead to fulfillment or disaster

In order to lead people, you have to get to know them.

The trouble with worrying so much about your security in the future is that you feel so insecure in the present.

You're tearing me apart!

Hearing from fans is the best feeling in the world.

The ring always believes that the finger lives for it.

As I swim through the summer tide of vulgarity, I find that's what I'm looking for: Movies that at least feel affection for their characters. Raunchy is OK. Cruel is not.

Let us return to 'no'. It has the charm of brevity.

In the midst of difficulties we are always ready to seize an advantage, we may extricate ourselves from misfortune.