There is nothing more important to this nation's future than investing in our young people.

Success isn't about how much money you make, it's about the difference you make in people's lives.

The only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work hard for them.

There is no magic to achievement. It's really about hard work, choices, and persistence.

Always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody says distract you from your goals.

I admit it: I am louder than the average human being and have no fear of speaking my mind. These traits don't come from the color of my skin but from an unwavering belief in my own intelligence.

Every girl, no matter where she lives, deserves the opportunity to develop the promise inside of her.

We've got a responsibility to live up to the legacy of those who came before us by doing all that we can to help those who come after us.

No matter who you are, no matter where you come from, you are beautiful.

When women and girls rise, their communities and their countries rise with them

Women and girls can do whatever they want. There is no limit to what we as women can accomplish.

Don't judge me by my books. They're not my voices, and they were never my stories to tell.

We again bear the cost of those who enjoyed their whole life while we were struggling.

There are great roads, beautiful bridges, lovely parks, gorgeous gardens and wonderful buildings in a big city. But there is something missing, something very important: The spirit of nature!

The only thing better than singing is more singing.

I would renounce, therefore, the attempt to create heaven on earth, and focus instead on reducing the hell.

It's endlessly interesting to be organizing and hearing possible solutions or thinking of possible solutions and how to put efforts together. It makes everything else boring, actually.

One thing I don't want around me is a military intellectual. I don't have to worry about you on that score.

China is not I think a country which does not regulate, but there is a difference between the Chinese system and the Indian system.

Charlie Chaplin, too, through spectacle, contraband certain ideas, put them through, ideas that even today are not being expressed by great statesmen and politicians.

If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I'd pay for riding lessons and take his gun away.