My parents made us dream that we could be anyone that we wanted to.

Leadership is hard to define and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader.

An important attribute of success is to be yourself. Never hide what makes you, you.

Every year in consulting is like three years in the corporate world because you have multiple clients, multiple issues - you grow so much.

Women helping each other - coaching, mentoring, and providing tips - is a great way for us to be our own force.

If you want to improve the organization, you have to improve yourself.

Take a stand. Be known for your courage and confidence.

The glass ceiling will go away when women help other women break through that ceiling.

At the end of the day, don't forget that you're a person.

The biological clock and the career clock are in total conflict with each other.

Just because you are CEO, don't think you have landed. You must continually increase your learning, the way you think, and the way you approach the organization. I've never forgotten that.

The sheer force of the music calls for a wild audience reaction.

If I must have regrets, I Pray that all of them are for fearlessly jumping in with both feet, rather than for having never sampled the water at all.

Complacency often afflicts precisely those who have been the most successful.

Even when life challenges us, it's a gift beyond all measure.

A warrior never worries about his fear.

What is most important is that the brand African cinema is going beyond African cinema.

I think the big thing is the fairy tale. It's taking old folk fairy tales and retelling them in modern day. I think it's just taking you out of everyday life, and everyone loves a good fairy tale.

When you choose an action, you choose the consequences of that action. When you desire a consequence you had damned well better take the action that would create it.

We're not the public service of Canada, we're not just another department. We are the Canadian Forces, and our job is to be able to kill people.

Democracy is the suggestion box for slaves.