“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
“We will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
“… three main components of leadership: mastery of the subject-matter, ability convincingly to articulate the particular course of action required and a fervent belief in its correctness.”
“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.”
“So I grew up feeling that I wasn’t good enough, and that no-one would love me unless I was perfect. But no-one’s perfect, we’re not meant to be perfect. We’re meant to be complete. But it’s hard to be complete if you’re trying to be perfect, so you kind of become disembodied. And I spent a lot of my life that way.” ” And if you don’t own your strength… Women like me tend to always look over their shoulder to see who… “Who’s the leader? Who’s the smart one?” Never thinking it might be ME. Took a long time for me to get over that.”
“But the artist persists because they have the will to create, and this is the magic power which can transform and transfigure and transpose and which will ultimately be transmitted to others.”
“I have been struck again and again by how important measuring is to improving the human condition.”
“…there is no tool for development more effective than the education of girls.”
“The one who is outside the door has already a good part of their journey behind them.”
“It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.”
