The average family exists only on paper and its average budget is a fiction, invented by statisticians for the convenience of statisticians.

Invest in yourself, in your education. There's nothing better.

Beware of the danger signals that flag problems: silence, secretiveness, or sudden outburst.

One of the soundest rules to remember when making forecasts in the field of economics is that whatever is to happen is happening already.

I've learned ruthless concentration. I can write under any circumstances...street noises, loud talk, music, you name it.

Money never remains just coins and pieces of paper. Money can be translated into the beauty of living, a support in misfortune, an education, or future security.

Money can be translated into the beauty of living.

I've always been independent, and I don't see how it conflicts with femininity.

I worked up a daily fury about some economic injustice because there were so many of them.

I am not and should not be considered an economist.

I had always assumed that people were interested in economic affairs, just as I was. My assumption was justified. The times caught up with me. I was ready. I was there.

To conquer fear, you must become fear.

What I'm constantly striving for in my prose is clarity. So that, ideally, the writing will become so transparent that the reader will forget that the medium of communication is language.

I'd be prouder still to say I was Canada's 10th woman prime minister.

I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.

I got hit a lot. I'm glad I lived through it.

If you believe within your soul, just hold on tight and don't let go! You can make it, make it happen

What the artist is always looking for is the mode of existence in which soul and body are one and indivisible: in which the outward is expressive of the inward: in which form reveals.

I now know that me giving my all and giving my best will result in my needs being taken care of and provided for.

Quality effective leaders have the confidence to trust others to try, succeed, and sometimes to fail.