I was too worried about the grades and I should have been more worried about learning.

Success isn't about how much money you make, it's about the difference you make in people's lives.

The only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work hard for them.

There is no magic to achievement. It's really about hard work, choices, and persistence.

Always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody says distract you from your goals.

I admit it: I am louder than the average human being and have no fear of speaking my mind. These traits don't come from the color of my skin but from an unwavering belief in my own intelligence.

Every girl, no matter where she lives, deserves the opportunity to develop the promise inside of her.

We've got a responsibility to live up to the legacy of those who came before us by doing all that we can to help those who come after us.

No matter who you are, no matter where you come from, you are beautiful.

When women and girls rise, their communities and their countries rise with them

Women and girls can do whatever they want. There is no limit to what we as women can accomplish.

I kept thinking how they were all names of dead people, and how names are basically the only thing dead people keep.

[This is the] very first condition which has to be fulfilled in every kind of propaganda: a systematically one-sided attitude towards every problem that has to be dealt with.

In any language it is a struggle to make a sentence say exactly what you mean.

If we go somewhere on foot, we know the way perfectly, whereas if we go by car or airplane, we are hardly there at all. It becomes merely a dream.

My boyfriend is Italian and from New Jersey, so naturally he was thrilled to meet Joe Pesci.

You cannot find yourself by going into the past. You can find yourself by coming into the present.

But what is worse, smelling the roast and not feasting, or not smelling the roast at all?

Skill in the digital age is confused with mastery of digital tools, masking the importance of understanding materials and mastering the elements of form.

If you are trying to get out of the hole, stop digging.

I realized there was very little in Hollywood I would ever feel comfortable doing. If I kept one foot there and one foot in my Christianity, I would never grow.