To me the function of politics is to make possible the desirable.

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.

It's the moms who always have to work a little harder, to make everything right.

Bute coming over here is a big mistake.

In your pursuit of godliness, have you left Jesus behind?

I was always drawn to music. It consumed my thoughts and when I realized I could make people feel something through music that is all I wanted to do.

If it makes Tom Cruise happy, I don't care if he prays to turtles, ... And I don't think anybody else should.

Everybody lives in this world, except lovers! They live in an isolated small place called 'You and I' planet!

Basically I don't care what people think of me. I'm not in the communications business.

Given six months to live and being the fighter that I am, I set high goals for myself.

Unfortunately, failure enjoys a natural advantage. Wrong answers to any problem outnumber right ones by a wide margin, and it seems that it will always be easier to break things than to fix them.

There's no place like home. And there's no toilet like your own.