My father said there were two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better.
Never face facts; if you do, you’ll never get up in the morning.
One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you treat yourself equally to the way you treat a man.
What I’m loving about Hilary Clinton is that she has the job that’s been held mostly by men. She’s made it her job, not only to be a very tactful diplomat, but she travels the world, spotlighting what’s going on with girls and women, in every country that she goes to. That has been so unique.
Women should know that they don’t have to hang on to an old dream that has stopped nurturing them – that there is always time to start a new dream.
I wish someone would have told me that, just because I’m a girl, I don’t have to get married.
Laughter is important, not only because it makes us happy, it also has actual health benefits. And that’s because laughter completely engages the body and releases the mind. It connects us to others, and that in itself has a healing effect.
If you really need to, you have to make it happen.
If you want to get somewhere in six months, you’re not going to get there by wishing it.
It’s fascinating for us women to begin looking at our lives in five-year plans. It really does help you keep on track. If that’s too hard, start with a two-year plan.
As much success came to him, my father stayed true to his promise. He built the hospital to help the most helpless children with catastrophic illnesses.
A society is judged by the way it cares for its most vulnerable citizens. As an American, I am ashamed that we have turned out backs on millions of our children. I want to do my part to rectify this terrible situation.
I have this theory that there are two kinds of people in the world, people who stop at a traffic accident and those that just drive by. If I see a traffic accident, I am going to stop. I do notice. I don’t think that makes me a good or bad person, or anybody else better or worse.
Where will I be five years from now? I delight in not knowing. That’s one of the greatest things about life its wonderful surprises.
Fame lost its appeal for me when I went into a public restroom and an autograph seeker handed me a pen and paper under the stall door.
One woman is a pest and two women is a team, but three women or more is a coalition. If you can bring a lot of people together as a coalition, you can get a lot changed.
In my work, there’s a tremendous amount of rejection and waves of fertile and fallow times.
First you have to have a dream.