“Men rule because women let them. Male misogyny is real enough, and it has dreadful consequences, but female misogyny is what keeps women out of power.”
“This capacity to shape a vision of what can be achieved, and to share the vision with others so that it becomes their own, is one of the most important elements of leadership.”
“I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message.”
“War is not women’s history.”
“… 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.”
“Indeed, the test of orderliness in a country is not the number of millionaires it owns, but the absence of starvation among its masses.”
“Having the freedom of speech does not mean saying what’s humane, hateless and non-prejudicial.”
“Leadership is about capacity – the capacity of leaders to listen and observe, to use their expertise as a starting point to encourage dialogue between all levels of decision-making, to establish processes and transparency in decision-making, to articulate their own values and visions clearly but not impose them. Leadership is about setting and not just reacting to agendas, identifying problems, and initiating change that makes for substantial improvement rather than managing change.”
“Be careful of your thoughts, For your thoughts become your words; Be careful of your words, For your words become your deeds; Be careful of your deeds, For your deeds become your habits; Be careful of your habits, For your habits become your character; Be careful of your character, For your character becomes your destiny.”
“Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves — to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by our today.”
