... where does strength come from? It is not muscle strength any more. It is not also mere intellectual strength. What is strength? Strength is the support of the people.

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.

Our hearts are bound together, ' he said, 'and I am free to decide who I love. And what I want. Nothing - not the pressure of my family, or what anyone else thinks - matters.

We need to stop trying to get attention by seeing who can scream and cry the loudest. Write something worth reading and your voice will be heard.

Love is something that u feel inside that others can not.

I can't stand to hear my own voice. If one of my songs comes on in a café, I'll run out right away and come back with the police.

Democracy, like any non-coercive relationship, rests on a shared understanding of limits.

America will always side with those whom she can direct, give orders to and have those orders obeyed.

A good writer must be like the birds of a dark forest; you can't see them, but you can hear their mysterious and wise voices!

Justice and mercy/ Are human dreams, they do not concern the birds nor the fish nor eternal God.

I guess the main source of stress for me is the stress I put on myself.

Art is not only the desire to tell one's secret; it is the desire to tell it and hide it at the same time.