"I think that people are tired. They're tired of the same old kind of politics. People want a new tone to politics."

"If my future were determined just by my performance on a standardized test, I wouldn't be here. I guarantee you that."

"Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude."

"It wasn't so long ago that I was a working mom myself. And I know that sometimes, much as we all hate to admit it, it's just easier to park the kids in front of the TV for a few hours, so we can pay the bills or do the laundry or just have some peace and quiet for a change."

"It is a quiet truth that the canvas of imagination has no boundaries except those imposed by fear — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear."

"The canvas of imagination has no boundaries except those imposed by fear. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon."

"I've always felt that if you back down from a fear, the ghost of that fear never goes away. It diminishes people."