Those of us who have been privileged to receive education, skills, and experiences and even power must be role models for the next generation of leadership.

You can make a lot of speeches, but the real thing is when you dig a hole, plant a tree, give it water, and make it survive. That's what makes the difference

You cannot enslave a mind that knows itself. That values itself. That understands itself.

You cannot protect the environment unless you empower people, you inform them, and you help them understand that these resources are their own, that they must protect them.

When we plant trees, we plant the seeds of peace and seeds of hope.

No matter who or where we are, or what our capabilities, we are called to do the best we can.

I’m very conscious of the fact that you can’t do it alone. It’s teamwork. When you do it alone you run the risk that when you are no longer there nobody else will do it.

Every person who has ever achieved anything has been knocked down many times. But all of them picked themselves up and kept going, and that is what I have always tried to do.

African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence.

Human rights are not things that are put on the table for people to enjoy. These are things you fight for and then you protect.

We cannot tire or give up. We owe it to the present and future generations of all species to rise up and walk!

If your political theory requires humanity to "evolve", then you do not have a theory.... you have a dream.

In the end it's all about the Zeroes you make

My dad was a produce man. He worked in grocery stores for 35 years. My mom just babysat kids and raised us. I have four sisters and one brother. I'm the baby.

The best musicians or sound-artists are people who never considered themselves to be artists or musicians.

We should take good care of the domestic animals we have brought into existence until they die. We should stop bringing more domestic animals into existence.

License they mean when they cry Liberty; For who loves that, must first be wise and good.

I wasn't sure how I'd feel about breastfeeding, but quickly realized its brilliance.

People have this idea that if you're sexual and beautiful and provocative, then there's nothing else you could possibly offer.

Being an Olympian is the ultimate test of one's sporting ability.

After all, we make ourselves according to the ideas we have of our possibilities.