I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.

Either you run the day or the day runs you.

Worry retards reaction and makes clear-cut decisions impossible.

You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.

Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life.

Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.