It's bad policy to speculate on what you'll do if a plan fails when you're trying to make a plan work.

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.

There will be things I won't tell you ever, Then there will be things that you won't ever listen. Then...

You can't build anything with a flimsy foundation. Friendship is the foundation.

Dogmatism is the greatest of mental obstacles to human happiness.

I think one of my very favorite films of all time was with Peter Sellers when he played Chauncey, the gardener. Being There.

There's a spiritual bond that connects all Souls: human, animal, and lower forms of life.

Worship is not a twenty minute period during a church service, but a lifestyle of relating to God in a particular way.

No Ideas original - there is nothing new under the sun.

Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.

The coach should be the absolute boss, but he still should maintain an open mind.

When you jump across a canyon, cautious small steps and vacillation won't work. Sometimes you just have to go for it.