I'm a terrible long-term planner.

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 Destructive Arts are exactly like Martial Arts, except they don't have uniforms or usefulness and the end result doesn't resemble art in any way.

Everyman has his own destiny: The only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.

Where excess lies, usually someone had to give something up for the other to get it.

Let it go with love, you will never lose anything.

In visions of the night, like dropping rain, Descend the many memories of pain.

I am not a collector of deserts!

Fear is a thief. It robbed Peter of a perfectly good walk on water, & kept the other eleven in the boat.

I've never seen a moon in the sky that, if it didn't take my breath away, at least misplaced it for a moment.

Artillery conquers and infantry occupies.

I love being alive. I like being a human being.