I will write on the pages of history what I want them to say. I will be myself. I will speak my own name.

Nothing will work unless you do.

A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

A woman with fair opportunities, and without an absolute hump, may marry WHOM SHE LIKES.

The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one.

I believe that woman is the equal of man - if she is. That woman is no better than man - unless she is.

All of us are richer and more fascinating and more complex than we can ever know.

We do not see it because we can not afford to-because the truth is too explosive.

The most-praised generation goes to work

For this is the true strength of guilty kings, When they corrupt the souls of those they rule.

A massive new penal system has emerged in the past few decades - a penal system unprecedented in world history. It is a system driven almost entirely by race and class.

The people suffering most from the Taliban were Afghans.

I learned to practice smiling when I'm feeling sad, you know?