We're in the middle of the transformation of a society that has handled its politics through repression to a society that will handle its politics through democratic institutions.

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.

Africa PRODUCES what it does NOT CONSUME and CONSUMES what it does NOT PRODUCE.

What is discovered may be abused, but that does not mean the discovery was evil.

When you're thirty you're old enough to know better,but still young enough to go ahead and do it.

Respectability offends my taste.

You have to be willing to sacrifice as much to prevent war, as soldiers are willing to sacrifice to wage war.

Our earthly ball a peopled garden.

A king is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness sake. Just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat.

I wish the Indians had newspapers of their own. If they had, you would have horrible pictures of the cold-blooded murders of inoffensive Indians.

All privileges based on wealth, and all emnity to honest men merely because they are wealthy, are un-American.

One agonizing journey down the gauntlet of youth is enough for any man.