There are no more excuses for leaving women out of the inner circles of power. Qualified women are everywhere. Women are ready for leadership they just need to be identified and asked.

Inaction, contrary to its reputation for being a refuge, is neither safe nor comfortable.

Contradictory as it seems, malnutrition is a key contributor to obesity.

If we are serious about providing upward mobility and building a skilled workforce, pre-school is the place to begin.

We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed.

Simply put, when women do well, everybody does better.

One is responsible for one's own life. Passivity provides no protection.

We see the world through the lens of all our experiences; that is a fundamental part of the human condition.

Those who speak up, those who use their connections, are more likely to succeed than those who sit and wait.

It's time to recognize what compromise means: no side wins or loses all.

Money often determines not only who gets elected, but what gets done. Which voices do lawmakers listen to, the banks or home owners, coal companies, or asthma sufferers, the CEOs or the unemployed?

You are, madame, so perfectly armoured, so completely sure of yourself.''Now I wonder, if I am to take that as a compliment?''It is, perhaps, a warning--not to treat life with arrogance.

I played volleyball, basketball, softball, and I started to love soccer the most around 7-8 years old because it was a physical game. I could use my speed and strength to my advantage.

As you're rushing through life, take time to stop a moment, look into people's eyes, say something kind, and try to make them laugh!

It doesn't have to be happy music to be inspiring.

If America has a future, Jazz has a future. The two are inseparable.

The less harshly we judge ourselves, the more accepting we become of others.

The love of power and the love of liberty are in eternal antagonism.

But in marketing, the familiar is everything, and that is controlled by the studio. That is reaching its apogee now.

The only judgment that truly matters is the final judgment.

Time is the truest form of wealth. And the beauty is, we are all born equally rich in time.