Famous Quotes & Sayings

Malala Yousafzai

You know, my father was a great encouragement for me, because he spoke out for women's rights, he spoke out for girls' education. And at that time I said that 'Why should I wait for someone else? Why should I be looking to the government? To the army, that they would help us? Why don't I raise I my voice? Why don't we speak out for our rights?

Malala Yousafzai

I believe the gun has no power because a gun can only kill, but a pen can give life.

Magic Johnson

I learned to give him the ball....

Major Owens

You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Of course what is talked about in the U.N. General Assembly is very important. Officials, the leaders of nations, appear there to speak of the most important topics - what they perceive to be the most important topics.

Mahatma Gandhi

To put up with. . . distortions and to stick to one's guns come what may - this is the. . . gift of leadership.

Mahatma Gandhi

Never has man reached his destination by persistence in deviation from the straight path.

Mahatma Gandhi

A principle is a principle and in no case can it be watered down because of our incapacity to live it in practice. We have to strive to achieve it, and the striving should be conscious, deliberate and hard.

Mahatma Gandhi

The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted.

Mahatma Gandhi

There goes my people. I must follow them, for I am their leader.

Mahatma Gandhi

If you have no character to lose, people will have no faith in you.

Mahatma Gandhi

No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive.

Mahatma Gandhi

Imitation is the sincerest flattery.

Mahatma Gandhi

Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession.

Mahatma Gandhi

A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.

Mahatma Gandhi

Consciously or unconsciously, every one of us does render some service or other. If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire for service will steadily grow stronger, and will make, not only for our own happiness, but that of the world at large.

Norman Lear

In this nation, leadership is dollars.

Norman Lear

In the area we're discussing, leadership begins on Madison Avenue, on the desks and in the offices of people who spend hundreds of millions of dollars buying what will get them ratings.

Oriana Fallaci

Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an inhuman and hateful phenomenon.

Oriana Fallaci

We are an age without leaders. We stopped having leaders at the end of the 20th century

Orison Swett Marden

Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action.

Olympia Snowe

At an unprecedented time with the worst attack ever on our soil, our President displayed extraordinary determination, leadership and resolve when history was thrust upon him and the United States.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Longevity is having a chronic disease - and taking care of it.

Olesya Rulin

I was in a commercial for the Disney channel. I was the camp leader for the campers.

Oleg Cassini

The first lady must be a leader. She must not be a follower.

Norman Vincent Peale

Masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

Eric Schmidt

There clearly are cases where evil people exist, but you don't have to violate the privacy of every single citizen of America to find them.

Eric Schmidt

For those who say you're thinking too big... be smart enough not to listen. For those who say the odds are too small ... be dumb enough to give it a shot. And for those who ask, how can you do that?... look them in the eyes and say, Ill figure it out.

Epictetus

Make it your business to draw out the best in others by being an exemplar yourself.

Ellen Sauerbrey

The best way to learn is by doing; never ask others to do what you're not willing to do yourself.

Ellen Tauscher

At a time when we are facing threats from nations such as North Korea and Iran, and attempting to convince others such as India and Pakistan to become responsible nuclear powers, it is vital that America reclaims the leadership we once had on arms control.

Kate McKinnon

Citizens, you will elect me - I will be your leader.

Judy Biggert

Our dependence on foreign energy sources is our Achilles heel, not just in the realm of diplomacy, but in terms of our future as the world's economic leader.