[My favorite dish to cook] is fried chicken, and by the way I'm good at it, too. I make really good fried chicken.

We need to move beyond the idea that girls can be leaders and create the expectation that they should be leaders.

Great leaders never accept the world as it was and always work for the world as it should be

You might not be able to control your circumstances but you can control your response to your circumstances.

The first step for a leader is to be right with yourself. Integrity is the basis of leadership.

In America, with education and hard work, it really does not matter where you came from; it matters only where you are going.

Self esteem comes from achievements. Not from lax standards and false praise.

You will make a difference in the world, but not immediately. Your first obligation is to find something you like doing, because if you like doing it, you'll do it well.

When somebody underestimated me, it made me want to prove them wrong.

Education is of no value and talent is worthless - unless you have an unwavering aim. Never find yourself without a compass.

Differences can be a strength.

I would kiss you in the middle of the ocean during a lightning storm cuz I'd rather be left for dead than wondering what thunder sounds like.

Like I don't have anything better to do than think about you every minute you're gone?" "Every minute?" He smiled a little.

Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart bigger.

We can create the world where we are with the ones we want to love so easily.

There is no such thing as perfect. But even if there was, I would pick you over perfection any day.

Cherishing Jesus as gain above all people, above all wealth, above all powers.

As a former mayor, I know that local governments must have control over land use decisions.

If you have ever been in a real tragic or sad situation, the words that come out are hopelessly inadequate and kind of cliched.

The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third.