I said on the equality side of it, that it is essential to a woman’s equality with man that she be the decision-maker, that her choice be controlling.

I’ve seen how the issues that come across a president’s desk are always the hard ones – the problems where no amount of data or numbers will get you to the right answer.

Obviously I faced the possibility of not returning when first I considered going. Once faced and settled there really wasn’t any good reason to refer to it.

Feminism… I think the simplest explanation, and one that captures the idea, is a song that Marlo Thomas sang, ‚Free to be You and Me.‘

In business, if you realize you’ve made a bad decision, you change it.

The basic Buddhist stand on the question of equality between the genders is age-old. At the highest tantric levels, at the highest esoteric level, you must respect women: every woman.

When in doubt tell the truth.

I was lucky to be involved and get to contribute to something that was important, which is empowering people with software.

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

We do need women in civic life. We do need women to run for office, to be in political office. We need a feminist to be at the table when decisions are being made so that the right decisions will be made.

Your philosophy determines whether you will go for the disciplines or continue the errors.

You’re not better than anybody else, but you’re not less than anybody else. You’re a child of the Most High God.

A gender line… helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.

What did I owe the rest of the world? Nothing.

I thought ‚Heller‘ was a very bad decision.

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

You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.

Man can never be a woman’s equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.

What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget?

If you judge, investigate.

I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.

Investing for the poor requires participation from the entire community.

I’ve just tried to grow up in the most natural and gradual process that I possibly can and make choices I feel are right for me and my fans.

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!

I had to make a choice at one point in my life, of missing films or missing my children. It was a very easy decision to make because I missed my children so very much.

I just know what is right and I want to do what is right.

Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we’re hardwired not to always think clearly when we’re scared. And the country’s scared.

I actually feel more of a woman because I feel like I’m being smart about my choices, and I’m putting my family first, and I’m in charge of my life and my health. I think that’s what makes a woman complete.

The people know their rights, and they are never slow to assert and maintain them when they are invaded.

Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.

I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it.

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

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

In the duel of sex woman fights from a dreadnought and man from an open raft.

I don’t think there’s any point going for second or third.

I don’t think I would run for president.

If you don’t set the tone for the day, the devil will set it for you.

If you’re a quarterback, you want everything on your shoulders. You want to be the one to make the decisions.

For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.

The dangers of not thinking clearly are much greater now than ever before. It’s not that there’s something new in our way of thinking – it’s that credulous and confused thinking can be much more lethal in ways it was never before.

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.

Politics is like football; if you see daylight, go through the hole.

The safest course is to do nothing against one’s conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.

Encouragement to all women is – let us try to offer help before we have to offer therapy. That is to say, let’s see if we can’t prevent being ill by trying to offer a love of prevention before illness.

One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do.

I believe that of all the things I have done, exciting though many of them have been, there’s no doubt in my mind that the most worthwhile have been the establishing of schools and hospitals, and the rebuilding of monasteries in the mountains.

My one big regret is that I didn’t play on for ten more years.

I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.

Who shall decide when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me?

Once I’ve decided to do something, I do usually try to carry it through to fruition.

If you make up your own mind, you can only blame yourself.

There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.

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!

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it’s at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others.

You can tell the tree by the fruit it bears. You see it through what the organization is delivering as far as a concrete program. If the tree’s fruit sours or grows brackish, then the time has come to chop it down – bury it and walk over it and plant new seeds.

The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war.

Black men don’t like to be called ‚boys,‘ but women accept being called ‚girls.‘

I don’t write policy for my government.

All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.

A friend doesn’t go on a diet because you are fat.