Worrying about a problem is not a strategy for change.

What I consider to be peace [is] a sustainable peace in which the majority of people on this planet have access to enough resources to live dignified lives.

What separates an ordinary woman from an extraordinary one? The belief that she is ordinary.

I believe that worrying about the problems plaguing our planet without taking steps to confront them is absolutely irrelevant. The only thing that changes this world is taking action.

Go beyond tolerance to acceptance.

Emotion without action is irrelevant.

For me, the difference between an ‘ordinary’ and an ‘extraordinary’ person is not the title that person might have, but what they do to make the world a better place for us all.

Together we have given the world the possibility of one day living on a truly mine-free planet.

It's sort of easy to make a challenge. It's very hard to put the full fate of your government behind the challenge and make it happen. That's real leadership.

This victory is in large part due to the Internet... For the first time, a coalition of NGOs has had an influence on the security of the entire world without being a superpower.

Guns go home with the soldiers, but landmines are designed to kill - mindlessly, out of control, for years.

The Prophet Muhammad said: Innallaha jamiil wahuwa yuhibbul jamal. Verily God is beautiful and loves beauty. -33

I read differently now, more painstakingly, knowing I am probably revisiting the books I love for the last time. (245)

Being self-sufficient is not selfish

Look to the past to see what the future holds.

A voracious gambler does not gamble until he wins, but until he loses everything, and a smart one knows when to quit.

You're not a bad person. But you sometimes do bad things. You know what that makes you? Human.

... nothing ever dies that's worth remembering.

But I remember being told that the truth does not depend on being believed.

Women are often under the impression that men are much more madly in love with them than they really are.

I am going your way, so let us go hand in hand. You help me and I'll help you. We shall not be here very long ... so let us help one another while we may.