We can't afford to let the international community and the world lose faith in the diplomatic track.

We need to move beyond the idea that girls can be leaders and create the expectation that they should be leaders.

Great leaders never accept the world as it was and always work for the world as it should be

You might not be able to control your circumstances but you can control your response to your circumstances.

The first step for a leader is to be right with yourself. Integrity is the basis of leadership.

In America, with education and hard work, it really does not matter where you came from; it matters only where you are going.

Self esteem comes from achievements. Not from lax standards and false praise.

You will make a difference in the world, but not immediately. Your first obligation is to find something you like doing, because if you like doing it, you'll do it well.

When somebody underestimated me, it made me want to prove them wrong.

Education is of no value and talent is worthless - unless you have an unwavering aim. Never find yourself without a compass.

Differences can be a strength.

Charlie had kissed a lot of guys. And Connor's kiss had been the best ever. Ever, ever, ever.

Never joined the wrong boat. When the destination is right, and the direction is wronged, everything goes wrongly!

You only can hurt me if I don't know who I am.

We know that russians are deeply engaged in supporting Assad because they want to have a place in the Middle East. They have a naval base, they have an air base in Syria.

Of course, you play the game of life because you got to be incarnated.

To look backward for a while is to refresh the eye, to restore it, and to render it the more fit for its prime function of looking forward.

Life is just a bowl of pits.

Be thou good thyself, and let people speak evil of thee; it is better than to be wicked, and that they should consider thee as good.

I'm a bit of a worrier, to an extreme. I'll crack a joke, then worry if I've offended someone - even when they're laughing. I have a guilt complex, always worrying.

Good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well used.