Feel empowered. And if you start to do it, if you start to feel your voice heard, you will never go back.

In a society where the rights and potential of women are constrained, no man can be truly free. He may have power, but he will not have freedom.

I was elected by the women of Ireland, who instead of rocking the cradle, rocked the system.

If we took away barriers to women's leadership, we would solve the climate change problem a lot faster

Human rights are inscribed in the hearts of people; they were there long before lawmakers drafted their first proclamation.

Today's human rights violations are the causes of tomorrow's conflicts.

To make progress we have to build a multi-stakeholder process, harnessing the appropriate energies.

Climate change is the greatest threat to human rights in the 21st century.

The whole human rights structure is based on the accountability of governments.

An endless war against terrorism can tend to inflate the terrorists, because being at war is attractive to some angry, unemployed, disaffected youth.

If you are small and don't particularly want credit for what you are doing, you can achieve a lot.

Consult your memory to know what matters most in your life.

Souls, Ms. Ellis, are for people who blame devils for their illness and praise angels for the cure. I do neither.

Publish a book before you’re too old to read it without glasses.

My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me.

A good style must have an air of novelty, at the same time concealing its art.

Having a horse is a huge responsibility, so people should be very careful before they consider getting one.

Moralities, ethics, laws, customs, beliefs, doctrines - these are of trifling import. All that matters is that the miraculous become the norm.

I wish I had eight pairs of hands, and another body to shoot the specimens.

But my drive to win is so great ... I just step over that line. ... It's very embarrassing, ... one of the things you totally regret. So you look at yourself in the mirror and say, 'I was stupid.'

It's very simple: When you're working your hardest, the world opens up to you.