It takes courage to set priorities because doing so is an admission that American policy cannot be all things to all people - or rather to all interest groups

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.

Even in the heart of the darkness, You will find a spot of light

It is nice to touch, it is nice to be touched, but it is so much nicer to touch someone's heart.

When all thoughtsAre exhaustedI slip into the woodsAnd gatherA pile of shepherd's purse.Like the little streamMaking its wayThrough the mossy crevicesI, too, quietlyTurn clear and transparent.

Permanence can only be found in the immortality offered by the click of a camera. Like it or not, life moves on as fleetingly as the photograph is enduring.

So the animal finally performs in that situation only the fitting act.

Doesn't becoming imply time?

The walk-in privilege, to walk into the Oval Office and have a conversation with the president, is not something that everybody gets.

A country in which 42% of the population is totally misinformed is not a country where democracy is safe.

If I had to embrace a definition of success, it would be that success is making the best choices we can ... and accepting them.

The Buddha is not a person but a (state of) realization to which anyone can attain.