The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy.

Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

I will either find a way, or make one.

You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

In quietness the soul expands.

I want to make a New Year’s prayer, not a resolution. I’m praying for courage.

The world belongs to the enthusiast who keeps cool.

I restore myself when I'm alone. A career is born in public — talent in privacy.

Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say.

One shouldn't just hope to be treated well: one must insist on it.

You live out the confusions until they become clear.

There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself.