Our effort to build stability through authoritarians in the Middle East for 60 years had given us neither democracy nor stability.

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.

In the midst of the adversity, we can still strive by the grace of God

A street without trees is a street only for the sick-minded people whose god is nothing but money!

Love. It's too hard. That's why I listen to music.

Friends are family you choose.

It should be quite clear, then, that there are no criteria to be laid down in general for distinguishing the real from the not real.

I believe only and alone in the service of Jesus Christ. In him is all refuge and solace.

Education is not a luxury in modern American society-it is essential for survival.

Conquests will come and go but Delambre's work will endure.

Arthur Rimbaud was a disreputable, mean, ruthless, perverse, hateful wretch. He was also one of the greatest poets who ever lived.

So what if I'm smokin' weed onstage and doing what I gotta do? It's not me shooting nobody, stabbing nobody, killing nobody. It'sa peaceful gesture and they have to respect that and appreciate that.