Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence." (Harvard Business School definition of leadership)

We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.

If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat! Just get on.

Women don't take enough risks. Men are just 'foot on the gas pedal.' We're not going to close the achievement gap until we close the ambition gap.

So please ask yourself: What would I do if I weren't afraid? And then go do it.

Being confident and believing in your own self-worth is necessary to achieving your potential.

Next time you're about to call your daughter bossy, take a deep breath and say, 'My daughter has executive leadership skills.'

In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.

We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women’s voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored.

Leadership is not bullying and leadership is not aggression. Leadership is the expectation that you can use your voice for good. That you can make the world a better place.

Your life's course will not be determined by doing the things that you are certain you can do. Those are the easy things. It will be determined by whether you try the things that are hard.

You could always call her secretive, masking her feelings beautifully lest anyone intrude into her inmost realm of hidden thoughts. It was a defense Urmila had evolved since childhood.

We fail to move beyond what is safe, we abandon our dreams in favor of what is sure rather than strive for what is best for us.

Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.

There are a lot of movies I feel good about. It was a great experience that I was lucky enough to be there in it. That's the way I feel.

Disregard for human beings is the first qualification of a dictator.

Good customer service begins at the top. If your senior people don't get it, even the strongest links further down the line can become compromised.

Happiness is something you get from yourself. If you're completely satisfied with yourself, nobody can take it away from you.

People are afraid because I'm candid. They're always worried I'm going to get into trouble.

I'm very well acquainted with the seven deadly sins, I keep a busy schedule trying to fit them in.

My favorite meal? It has to be furburgers everyday in the morning.