The environmental problems of developing countries are not the side effects of excessive industrialisation but reflect the inadequacy of development.

My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.

Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance... and courage.

Every new experience brings its own maturity and a greater clarity of vision.

To be liberated, woman must feel free to be herself, not in rivalry to man but in the context of her own capacity and her personality.

People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive.

I don't mind if my life goes in the service of the nation. If I die, every drop of my blood will invigorate the nation.

Women sometimes go too far, it's true. But it's only when you go too far that others listen.

To become capable, one must have faith in oneself.

I find that is the best way to write during emotional scenes...put yourself and your emotions in every single word.-Nina Jean Slack

Resentment’s appetite is never fulfilled.

Making duplicate copies and computer printouts of things no one wanted even one of in the first place is giving America a new sense of purpose.

Congress shall also create a tax code weighing more than the combined poundage of the largest member of the House and the largest member of the Senate, plus a standard musk ox.

Our flaws are what makes us human. If we can accept them as part of who we are, they really don't even have to be an issue.

Plan your garden on paper. Mistakes made on paper won't cost you much in time or money.

It is a great good fortune, as Stendhal said, for one "to have his passion as a profession.

I find that the mask of the critic is to have distance.

He has a great pass, great vision, great shot, great everything.

But any man who walks in the way of power and property is bound to meet hate.