Guns go home with the soldiers, but landmines are designed to kill - mindlessly, out of control, for years.

What I consider to be peace [is] a sustainable peace in which the majority of people on this planet have access to enough resources to live dignified lives.

What separates an ordinary woman from an extraordinary one? The belief that she is ordinary.

Worrying about a problem is not a strategy for change.

I believe that worrying about the problems plaguing our planet without taking steps to confront them is absolutely irrelevant. The only thing that changes this world is taking action.

Go beyond tolerance to acceptance.

Emotion without action is irrelevant.

For me, the difference between an ‘ordinary’ and an ‘extraordinary’ person is not the title that person might have, but what they do to make the world a better place for us all.

Together we have given the world the possibility of one day living on a truly mine-free planet.

It's sort of easy to make a challenge. It's very hard to put the full fate of your government behind the challenge and make it happen. That's real leadership.

This victory is in large part due to the Internet... For the first time, a coalition of NGOs has had an influence on the security of the entire world without being a superpower.

I'm not going to talk too much politics because I'm not smart enough to do that.

God wants to cast out the fear and doubt in your life. Go before Him right now and say, "Lord, this is what I am afraid of ..."

Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants.

What we do not understand we have no right to judge

The fates have given mankind a patient soul.

Make a conscious effort to surround yourself with positive, nourishing, and uplifting people -- people who believe in you, encourage you to go after your dreams, and applaud your victories.

As anger is a passion, it is to be ruled; as it is a weak passion, he is weak who rules it not.

All the pictures in magazines and all of that is fun but in the end it's all about your soul and who you are and have you connected with the people.

Having George W. Bush giving a lecture on business ethics is like having a leper give you a facial, it just doesn't work!

Writing ... it begins as an amusement, then it becomes a mistress, then a master, and finally a tyrant.