The true call of liberation of women is not in taking off their clothes, but taking off their prejudices.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you're allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind.

There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.

A true gentleman is one that apologizes anyways, even though he has not offended a lady intentionally. He is in a class all of his own because he knows the value of a woman's heart.

A best friend is the only one that walks into your life when the world has walked out.

The most confused you will ever get is when you try to convince your heart and spirit of something your mind knows is a lie.

When you loved someone and had to let them go, there will always be that small part of yourself that whispers, "What was it that you wanted and why didn't you fight for it?

The most introspective of souls are often those that have been hurt the most.

When someone you love says goodbye you can stare long and hard at the door they closed and forget to see all the doors God has open in front of you.

If he can't handle you at your worst then he does not deserve you at your best. Real love means seeing beyond the words spoken out of pain, and instead seeing a person's soul.

Today is just another day of trying to get by without you.

No one here to count your Qualities, but everyone is good enough to point out your Mistakes.

People are eager to walk in other people's pair of shoes that does not fit them. The result is that, their dreams begin to imitate a "tortoise" walk and that I guess is already uncomfortable!

I'm a teacher. My mother was a teacher. I spent 40 years as a teacher.

When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and when you're older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out.

Autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful.

I've introduced legislation to say, "For right now, let's stop it," from about 34 countries.

No one asks public men to be strictly moral, but they must seem to be well-behaved.

Do not be misled by a person's prayers and fasting. [Instead] look [at their] sincerity and wisdom.

Maybe solitude is best had in the midst of multitudes.