I examine the consequences later, when a new situation arises and I then face the new situation. And that's it.

My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.

Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance... and courage.

Every new experience brings its own maturity and a greater clarity of vision.

To be liberated, woman must feel free to be herself, not in rivalry to man but in the context of her own capacity and her personality.

People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive.

I don't mind if my life goes in the service of the nation. If I die, every drop of my blood will invigorate the nation.

Women sometimes go too far, it's true. But it's only when you go too far that others listen.

To become capable, one must have faith in oneself.

Faith is as precious to die by as it is to live by.

A sheep that walks amongst wolves is called dinner - rjs

If virtue were its own reward it would no longer be a human quality but supernatural.

It's time you stop thinking that because you did something, it's... amazing. All you've got to do is say, 'OK. If I'm great, what do they call Steve Jobs?'

There is a whole generation of people who are going to see movies or watch TV who don't want to work.

No society is complete without some victim, a creature to pity, to jeer at, to scorn or to protect.

Your mind may not know what to do today, but your heart does. Follow your heart.

Let us all learn to be free, and to be loyal

I avoid grandiose plans. I start with a small piece that I can do. I go to the root of the problem and then work around it. It's building brick by brick.

An object is not so attached to its name that we cannot find another one that would suit it better.