It's true that I refused foreign aid. It's true. It wasn't my personal decision, however - it was the whole country that said no.

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.

Even though we know we have to let you go, our hearts are singing the song no- no- no. We can’t let you go.

Guilt is basically one of my superpowers. It’s been programmed into me from the moment I was old enough to know what it was.

The French Revolution gave birth to no artists but only to a great journalist, Desmoulins, and to an under-the-counter writer, Sade. The only poet of the times was the guillotine.

Oddly enough, I'm not a particularly judgmental person. I just don't have a lot of filtering when I'm in 'tiger mother' mode. I say what comes into my head.

I have the same birthday as George Washington. No I don't. I don't even know who George Washington is.

Passion governs, and she never governs wisely.

When life has gone into overtime it's easy to take liberties.

These meetings all have excited great attention, and have been of an exceedingly interesting character.

It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.

I donno, it's not impressive. Once I put ear plugs in and put a blind fold on for like 14 minutes and I did just fine.