The influence of one's parents is powerful and permanent.

My satisfaction comes from my commitment to advancing a better world.

The only safe ship in a storm is leadership.

My mother taught me a lot of things, but they had big presuppositions built in - like her expectation that I'd be a missionary nurse in a religious order.

Men's reproduction isn't regulated by the state -- and it shouldn't be. Neither should women's.

Until the day arrives when all women decide that our rights are not negotiable, our future choices will not be secure.

Whoever is providing leadership needs to be as fresh and thoughtful and reflective as possible to make the very best fight.

One of the sad commentaries on the way women are viewed in our society is that we have to fit one category. I have never felt that I had to be in one category.

Social change rarely comes about through the efforts of the disenfranchised. The middle class creates social revolutions.

I have never believed in the impossible.

The deal is that women have entered the workforce, but they have not been relieved of the domestic responsibilities.

Deal lovingly with others and especially yourself

What if two people want to be your partner, then what?

Every night I build a fire for you, Alowa. Every night I dance on the rooftop for you. Look at the flames, Alowa. Aren’t they beautiful? Look at the smoke. I’m dancing in the smoke, Alowa.

A hateful act is the transference to others of the degradation we bear in ourselves.

Sister Hinckley and I are learning that the so-called golden years are laced with lead.

I've been noticing gravity since I was very young.

A customer votes everyday with his dollar. Our job is make sure he votes for us.

Having a lot of people suddenly depending on me to get the job done was a marvelous motivator. The book and movie deals seemed to flip a switch in my head, and off I went

Endless money forms the sinews of war. [Lat., Nervi belli pecunia infinita.]

If I have a choice between looking something up and making it up, I'll make it up every time.