W. T. Albright Quotes

When combined with information and communication technologies, microcredit can unleash new opportunities for the world's poorest entrepreneurs and thereby revitalize the village economies they serve.

While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.

The only thing holding you back is you. Commit to developing the mindset of a winner, set your goals and chase them down. Remember, a dog in the hunt ain't got no fleas!

I just can't seem to paint nice things.

Loneliness is not a fault but a condition of existence.

Whatever the job you are asked to do at whatever level, do a good job because your reputation is your resume.

If there's nobody in your way, you're not going anywhere.

Real leadership comes from the quiet nudging of an inner voice. It comes from realizing that the time has come to move beyond waiting to doing.

There are an awful lot of things going on that need understanding and explanation, but - to put it mildly - the world is a mess.

the purpose of foreign policy is to persuade others to do what we want or, better yet, to want what we want.

I'm a problem-solver.

I can't imagine what it is like to be raised in a society where their only statues that exist are to you and your father.

The difference between humans and other mammals is that we know how to accessorize.

I enjoy wearing pins, and nobody tells me to do it.

My deepest regret from my years in public service is the failure of the United States and the international community to act sooner to halt these crimes.

No matter how hard we might wish, we will not be able to transform China's behavior overnight.

I was in Europe and it was at this stage that I fell in love with Americans in uniform. And I continue to have that love affair.

People tend to box little girls in. They teach them to sit properly and stand quietly and not attract attention. Sports is one place where girls can be free and enjoy the exhilaration of movement.

What people have the capacity to choose, they have the ability to change.

An intelligent patient, private or otherwise, to whom you have taken the trouble to explain the nature of the investigation, makes the best laboratory animal.

History is written backwards but lived forwards.

I have very set and consistent principles, but I am flexible on tactics. I like to get the job done.

I was struck by the joy of those pilots in committing coldblooded murder . . . Frankly, this is not cojones. This is cowardice.

Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about.

China is in its own category - too big to ignore, too repressive to embrace, difficult to influence, and very, very proud.

I've never seen America as an imperialist or colonialist or meddling country.

Mahmoud Abbas is a puppet.

The U.N. bureaucracy has grown to elephantine proportions. Now that the Cold War is over, we are asking that elephant to do gymnastics.

Women can't do everything at the same time, we need to understand milestones in our lives comes in segments.

Only in America could a refugee girl from Central Europe become secretary of state.

The system he (President Hosni Mubarak) is recommending would make it virtually impossible for truly independent parties to participate. Sham democracy should be exposed for what it truly is.

We have to understand where we have strategic relationships that require us to take a different approach. I guess the easiest way to describe it is: different strokes for different folks.

In diplomacy, clear-cut wins and losses are rare.

I was a little girl in World War II and I'm used to being freed by Americans.

Most of the time I spend when I get up in the morning is trying to figure out what is going to happen.

If you do not believe that listening to the best people in the business telling you what they know will help you succeed, then you have allowed your ego and arrogance to get the best of you.

If you play it safe, middle of the road with all the right notes, you might win. If you are unique and have too much personality, you might easily score a '0' in competition.

Any theory is better than no theory.

I am by nature a worried optimist.

You have to learn to interrupt because you aren't going to get called on.

Libraries are fun, educational, and the biggest bargain on the face of the earth.

We must help women in every society to have their voices heard.

Armageddon is not a foreign policy.

I am the only high-ranking U.S. official to ever meet with Kim Jong-il, and we are the same height and both wear high heels.

Democracy cannot be built on revenge and you will not have the support of the world if you are intolerant and take the law into your own hands.

I think women want to take care of themselves, and I think having a voice in how that is done is very important.

I think that there is never an indispensable leader, you know? I think that there is a time with dignity that one needs to leave.

I think I've revived the costume-jewelry industry.

Our life comes in segments, and we have to understand that we can have it all if we're not trying to do it all at once.

You think that the heads of state only have serious conversations, but they actually often begin really with the weather or, 'I really like your tie.'