The question before the advanced nations is not whether they can afford to help the developing nations, but whether they can afford not to do so.

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.

The daemon wind died down, and the bloated, fungoid moon sank reddeningly in the west.

We are sentenced to die the day we are born.

When Alexander the Great addressed him with greetings, and asked if he wanted anything, Diogenes replied "Yes, stand a little out of my sunshine."

Passive inactivity, because you have not been given specific instructions to do this or to do that, is a serious deficiency.

It's hope as a decision that makes change possible.

SCCS, the source motel! Programs check in and never check out!

No man can be ideally successful until he has found his place. Like a locomotive he is strong on the track, but weak anywhere else.

Happiness is a mindset for your journey, not the result of your destination.

We would be foolish and silly not to unite with people in the public health sector, the environmental community, [and] unions, to try to challenge corporate agriculture.