No matter how difficult life is, you always have the ability to change your life for the better. The secret is to believe you can do it.

You are the master of your thoughts - make them count in a positive way.

Your mind is like a rubberband - you can expand it as much or as little as you want.

Everyone needs a plan to accomplish anything. The best way to do it is to make sure you have alternate plans in case the first one(s) fall through. Never give up!

There used to be a time when we were treated unfairly, we would march and fight for our rights. Now when we are treated unfairly people are scared to speak up. When you don't stand up because you don't want to rock the boat you will eventually drown.

If you want to run for Prime Minister, you can. If you don’t, that’s wonderful, too. Shave your armpits, don’t shave them, wear flats one day, heels the next. These things are so irrelevant and surface to what it is all really about, and I wish people wouldn’t get caught up in that. We want to empower women to do exactly what they want, to be true to themselves, to have the opportunities to develop.