I didn't run for student council president. I don't see myself in any way in elected office. I love policy. I'm not particularly fond of politics.

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.

There are times when our victories have a cost that we did not foresee, when winning brings us loss.

But the jiva [living being] is endowed with ego and his knowledge is limited, whereas Ishwar is without ego and is omniscient.

The States separately have very inadequate ideas of the present danger. Party disputes and personal quarrels are the great business of the day, whilst the concerns of the nation are secondary.

I consider myself a novice film actor.

I don't think the nature of my poetry is satirical or even ironic, I think it's essentially lyrical but again I don't know if it's my position to say what my poetry is like.

Love, is it? First you lose your appetite, then you lose your tongue, then you take leave of your senses, and that's love!

I do believe that it is quite necessary for us as a people to reach back, over and down to help the less fortunate of our number.

I conquered my hostility by putting it away until the day I might need it.

According to our purpose, motivation and sincerity, which compose our devotion, Krishna reveals Himself to us.

It would be good if you opened your heart to the fullness of time and spirit.