Be proud to be Latino and never lose that pride!

There are a lot of good women in New York.

The age of a woman doesn’t mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.

Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.

Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are.

I tend not to really think about what other people say. I’d rather just try and focus on what I’m doing, try and win basically.

Mindfulness practices enhance the connection between our body, our mind and everything else that is around us. Mindful living is the key to understanding our struggles with weight and to empowering us to control our weight.

I’m a decent cook; I’m a decent chef. None of my friends would ever have hired me at any point in my career. Period.

Babylon is everywhere. You have wrong and you have right. Wrong is what we call Babylon, wrong things. That is what Babylon is to me. I could have born in England, I could have born in America, it make no difference where me born, because there is Babylon everywhere.

I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession.

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

My philosophy is: It’s none of my business what people say of me and think of me.

We have to confront ourselves. Do we like what we see in the mirror? And, according to our light, according to our understanding, according to our courage, we will have to say yea or nay – and rise!

I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.

By giving people the power to share, we’re making the world more transparent.

I was raised to be an independent woman, not the victim of anything.

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.

I think a number of the leaders are, whether you like it or not, in the hip-hop generation. And when they understand enough, they’ll do wonders. I count on them.

We should not underestimate ourselves, because if lots of individuals go together then we can accomplish almost anything.

I don’t mind living in a man’s world as long as I can be a woman in it.

You don’t have to be somebody different to be important. You’re important in your own right.

I’ve always done whatever I want and always been exactly who I am.

People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.

Don’t ever doubt yourselves or waste a second of your life. It’s too short, and you’re too special.

There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we’ve got a system that allows them to do it.

Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.

One of the things that was really an issue was I did not want to just be a woman secretary of state. I wanted to be a secretary of a state who was a woman, but not just chosen for that particular reason.

All of these young people have some kind of potential in them. And if we don’t invest in them as a nation, regardless of where they come from or what color they are, if we don’t invest in them, we lose.

If you are against yourself, you will never reach your highest potential. And when you criticize yourself, you’re criticizing God.

Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.

Carry the battle to them. Don’t let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don’t ever apologize for anything.

I never think of myself as an icon. What is in other people’s minds is not in my mind. I just do my thing.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

Blacks, especially in America, have been raised with a slave mentality – they don’t feel that they have the right to speak as loud as possible.

Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.

The youth need to be enabled to become job generators from job seekers.

I have always thought I was the best ever player.

Let us be shy no longer. Let us go to our strength. Let us offer hope. Let us tell the world that a new age is not only possible but probable.

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.

If we are not free, no one will respect us.

Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you.

For me, it’s enough that I have the first and last word.

When people are around us, they should leave better off than they were previously. Rather than feeling discouraged or defeated, people should feel challenged and inspired after spending any time with you and me.

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

That’s when you know you’re the greatest: when you’re the greatest, and people still put odds against you.

Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.

Those 62 million girls who are not being educated around the world impact my life in Washington, D.C., in the United States of America. Because if we aren’t empowering and providing the skills and the resources to half of our population, then we’re not realizing our full potential as a society, as mankind.

Within us there is someone who knows everything, wills everything, does everything better than we ourselves.

Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.

You have to develop ways so that you can take up for yourself, and then you take up for someone else. And so sooner or later, you have enough courage to really stand up for the human race and say, ‚I’m a representative.‘

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

People have told me, ‚You shouldn’t bring your daughter onto the podium, ‚cause it’s the workplace,‘ and things like that. But I’m not gonna really listen to that. I’m gonna do what I think is fun for me and my family, and everything’ll be all right.

I don’t lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word.

You’ll never rise any higher than the way you see yourself.

Men weren’t always happy for me. It was very challenging to watch a woman be so successful.

Freedom lies in being bold.

I’ve used my femininity and my sexuality as a weapon and a tool… but that’s just natural.

When I say to you, there is nobody like me, and there never was, that is a statement I want every woman to feel and make about themselves.

Let us ask ourselves, ‚What kind of people do we think we are?‘ And let us answer, ‚Free people, worthy of freedom and determined not only to remain so but to help others gain their freedom as well.‘

I’m the greatest thing that ever lived! I’m the king of the world! I’m a bad man. I’m the prettiest thing that ever lived.

You’re just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You’ve got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It’s all down to you, mate.