If I had to embrace a definition of success, it would be that success is making the best choices we can . . . and accepting them.

We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.

In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.

Done is better than perfect.

Motivation comes from working on things we care about. It also comes from working with people we care about.

What would you do if you weren't afraid?

Fortune does favor the bold and you'll never know what you're capable of if you don't try.

We need to stop telling [women], "Get a mentor and you will excel." Instead, we need to tell them, "Excel and you will get a mentor.

Every job will demand some sacrifice. The key is to avoid unnecessary sacrifice.

Women need to shift from thinking "I'm not ready to do that" to thinking "I want to do that- and I'll learn by doing it.

If we push hard now, this next wave can be the last wave. In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders

Northumberland, thou ladder wherewithal the mounting Bolingbroke ascends my throne.

We should learn by reflection on the misfortunes of others that there is nothing singular in those which befall ourselves.

I'm fascinated how often and with what whole-heartedness people will risk their lives to perform acts of courage, sacrifice, and compassion for total strangers.

An appreciation of prose is learned, not instinctive. It is an acquired taste, like Scotch whisky.

Feminine intuition, a quality perhaps even rarer in women than in men.

The young artist... will discover out of ordinary things the meaning of ordinariness. He will not try to make them extraordinary. Only their real meaning will be stated.

Cats, dogs, and some I mean, birds, many species of mammals, they also have the sort of potential to show affection firstly because of the biological factor.

Our castle is not imposing, but is well built, and surrounded by a very fine garden. I live in the bailiff's house.

There's been shock waves sent throughout all parts of the nation's economic fabric.

Do anything, but let it produce joy. Do anything, but let it yield ecstasy.