I feel it's important to be active. People who retire, sit by their swimming pool and golf course and plan to relax have a very empty life.

That's what we're here on this Earth for, to help others.

I have an independent streak. You know, it's kind of hard to tell a independent woman what to do.

The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women.

You can make it, but it's easier if you don't have to do it alone.

A liberated woman is one who feels confident in herself, and is happy in what she is doing. She is a person who has a sense of self-it all comes down to a freedom of choice.

You never know what you can do until you have to do it.

Being a lady does not require silence.

My makeup wasn't smeared, I wasn't disheveled, I behaved politely, and I never finished off a bottle, so how could I be alcoholic?

I don't look at what I've lost. I look instead at what I have left.

Any woman should have the right to a safe and legal abortion.

You must decide if you are going to rob the world or bless it with the rich, valuable, potent, untapped resources locked away within you.

My mother always taught me to be strong and to never be a victim. Never make excuses. Never expect anyone else to provide for me things I know I can provide for myself.

The only thing I know as I get older is that I don't really need to be No. 1.

Even the Beatles lived their lives as a soap opera.

Just send the emails and talk to people. Spend all your money on nail polish and opera tickets.

In a nonviolent army, the general and the officers are elected, or are as if elected, when their authority is moral and rests solely on the willing obedience of the rank and file.

Spiders' webs only have to be large enough to catch flies.

There was a lot of sorrow in [Johnny] Cash's life. Even while he's trying to make music to inspire people he's fighting day after day with his own demons and sorrows.

Missionary service is a priesthood duty.