I would like to be known as an intelligent woman, a courageous woman, a loving woman, a woman who teaches by being.
When women take care of their health they become their own best friend.
Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else.
The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It’s the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun.
Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. Give everyone a smile. Spend so much time improving yourself that you have no time left to criticize others. Be too big for worry and too noble for anger.
Weak is he who permits his thoughts to control his actions; strong is he who forces his actions to control his thoughts.
Whatever your secret, live your own truth; life is too short.
The task of leadership is to create an alignment of strengths so strong that it makes the system’s weaknesses irrelevant.
Turn your scars into stars.
Hardship may dishearten at first, but every hardship passes away. All despair is followed by hope; all darkness is followed by sunshine.
You are your best thing.
Part of your purpose in life is to build strong and fruitful relationships with others, and your work setting is a perfect place to start.
No matter how talented you are, not everyone is going to like you, but that’s life. Stay strong.
It’s not my responsibility to be beautiful. I’m not alive for that purpose. My existence is not about how desirable you find me.
When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.
I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.
Don’t take ‘no’ for an answer. Keep knocking down walls until someone says ‘yes.’
Life will hit you hard in the face, wait for you to get back up just so it can kick you in the stomach. But getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.
Express yourself, don’t repress yourself.
She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails.