There are some places that have had real quarrels with the United States' policies, but I think the country is very well-respected worldwide.

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.

There is no hope even that woman, with her right to vote, will ever purify politics.

Ah, beer, my one weakness. My Achille's heel, if you will.

No matter where you go, you are what you are playa.

Legalized gambling is the leading cause of bankruptcy

In capitalist history, invasion and class struggle are not opposites, as the official legend would have us believe, but one is the means and the expression of the other.

I want my fiction to feel real most of the time, so it makes sense to pay attention to life and to how people work.

Sak, pain, love are limited human experiences. and only those who know their own frontiers, those knows the life, the rest is just passing time.

Remember, you are co-creating your life with the energy of your own intentions.

I don't want to be somebody who stands still and sings pretty. Each song is a world. Each song is a story. I don't achieve nearly what I want.

I think in all small towns, all kind of working class communities around the world. They are kind of similar.