When you govern a country, and especially a country so vast and complex as India, you never arrive at anything.

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.

Mom flipped through the magazines like the pages needed to be slapped.

When I was growing up, there were two things that were unpopular in my house. One was me, and the other was my guitar.

Nobody comes out of their mother's womb doing cucarachas.

You're asking me will my love grow. I don't know, I don't know. You stick around now it may show. I don't know, I don't know

What would you pack for Armageddon? Sunscreen and shades? Flame-proof underwear? Maybe a travel guide to the Underworld?

In repose, my face looks as though I had gone through a terrible deal in the last five minutes. I have to disguise the expression and get a glassy-eyed look. That's something I learned from my dog.

...I said I was sorry.” “Be sorry, then. Just be sorry somewhere else.

Human trafficking is a human tragedy. It's an outrage against any decent people.

One day the Constitution of Colorado is the highest law of the state. The next day it’s waste paper.

This is about doing something difficult and not stopping when it becomes not just difficult, but cold and difficult...or cold and wet and difficult...or cold and wet and dark and difficult.