I myself, in my heart, say that people should have all the children they want. But it's a mistaken idea, like many of our ideas that go back thousands of years, and it must be rooted out.

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.

Hope is the pin-pricked light that tears through the fabric of our dark world.

Love the art in yourself and not yourself in the art.

If you sense there must be more, there is more.

I dimly guess, from blessings known, of greater out of sight.

When you're battling for a job, you know that every day you've got to perform.

The child endures all things.

There's as much chance of repealing the Eighteenth Amendment as there is for a hummingbird to fly to the planet Mars with the Washington Monument tied to its tail.

For the first 40 yards I am one of the fastest guys. After that, it's a horse race.

The only way to resist colonialism is through education.

The regard one shows economy, is like that we show an old aunt who is to leave us something at last.