The data is clear: If you give a woman an opportunity, she will make a huge difference.

The highest calling of leadership is to unlock the potential of others.

My mother taught me about the power of inspiration and courage, and she did it with a strength and a passion that I wish could be bottled.

Like Hillary Clinton, I too have traveled hundreds of thousands of miles around the globe. But unlike her, I have actually accomplished something.

Leadership comes in small acts as well as bold strokes.

You know, I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman.

I don't take on a fight just for a fight. I don't tilt at windmills.

I love being a woman. I like dressing up; I love buying shoes.

A woman's experience is different from a man's in virtually every respect, including how she is treated by the media.

Human potential is the only limitless resource we have in this world.

This world is clearly emerging before our eyes. The shifts ahead, the opportunities ahead are massive.

Baby girl, you destroy me, " he whispered against her lips. "You have to tell me if you don't want this because I'm holding on by a thread." "Then let go, " she whispered in reply.

Why do we keep believing that we can control nature, even as it banishes us repeatedly from our homes in search of new fertile ground?

..each bloodletting hastens the next, and as the value of human life is degraded and violence becomes tolerated, the unimaginable becomes more conceivable.

Horror is a feeling that cannot last long

The wise man regulates his conduct by the theories both of religion and science. But he regards these theories not as statements of ultimate fact but as art-forms.

I saw a poet chase a butterfly in a meadow. He put his net on a bench where a boy sat reading a book. It's a misfortune that it is usually the other way round.

In me, speaking psychologically, there is always an ongoing struggle between my enormously self-regarding, almost delusionally aspirational, Napoleonic personality and a marginalized one.

Everybody is doing the best things possible to still healthy and to play as long as possible.

Congress must take responsibility for a new positive direction - an innovative agenda that will lead to a more secure America. Secure communities, secure economies, and a secure quality of life.