Microfinance is an idea whose time has come.

We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.

Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.

To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.

We shall not defeat any of the infectious diseases that plague the developing world until we have also won the battle for safe drinking water, sanitation, and basic health care.

Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.

...there is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women.

Education is, quite simply, peace-building by another name. It is the most effective form of defense spending there is.

When women thrive, all of society benefits, and succeeding generations are given a better start in life.

Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance.

It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity.

An over examination of life can deter you from life itself

But now books and men had gone their separate ways. Who has the patience for a book? Only a book.

This is a world of compensations; and he who would be no slave, must consent to have no slave.

If you have nothing good to say about anyone, come and sit with me.

To restrict the artist is a crime. It is to murder germinating life

I never used to believe in fate. I used to think you make your own life and then you call it fate. That's why I call it irony.

I was totally all about the American Girl dolls when I was little - I had so many.

I am the good girl and I always play the good girl. It's nice to do that.

It wasn't about Larry Holmes, if I would have fought a brother I wouldn't have gotten the money I got. Give me 10 black guys and I make eight dollars. Give me Gerry Cooney and I make $10 million.

First, modify the patient's diet and lifestyle and only then, if these do not effect a cure, treat with medicinals and acupuncture.