Your passion may be hard to spot, so keep an open mind and keep searching.

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.

The interior of the earth is extremely hot – several million degrees.

Americans are a quarter of a billion people who have almost nothing in common except for the fact they've been told they have lots in common.

I believe that water is the only drink for a wise man.

What is dishonestly got vanishes in profligacy.

The Chinese view the state, not just as an intimate member of the family ... but as the head of the family.

The imagination and the senses cannot be gratified at the same time.

There are two ways to travel, first class or with children.

Don't tell me of deception; a lie is a lie, whether it be a lie to the eye or a lie to the ear.

Take Time by the forelock.

Whatever an artist's personal feelings are, as soon as an artist fills a certain area on the canvas or circumscribes it, he becomes historical. He acts from or upon other artists.