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.

[In] the United States, we've always been held together by the belief that it doesn't matter where you came from. It matters where you're going.

The engine that drives all your activities is hope. What you hope in shapes you.

He ate with all the restraint of a nymphomaniac at an orgy.

When students cheat on exams it's because our school system values grades more than students value learning.

Silence is the biggest weapon sometime..

I got into Kiss before I got into anybody. The first thing I heard was Detroit Rock City. I heard it in the school library, where I lived.

Your failures and misfortunes don't threaten other people. . .It's your assets and your successes that are problems for people who derive their self-esteem from being superior.

When you think of dog movies, that genre, Old Yeller is sort of the benchmark and you hope that you can raise your game up to that.

Most of the gaffes I've made have not been funny - they've been stupid.

Whether a pretty woman grants or withholds her favors, she always likes to be asked for them.

Of all musical instruments the human voice is the most beautiful, for it is made by God.