"Energy directed with unwavering focus can bend the arc of destiny. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"A visionary sees the unseen and knows every choice we make paints the canvas of our life."

"In the depths of adversity, courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."

"Wealthy women have rights in every country. And poor women don't."

"It is a essential truth that an hour spent in deep contemplation is worth a year of unguided wandering — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time."

"It is a humble truth that the river of time washes away kings and empires, leaving only virtue intact."

"I remember the '80s being about the Cold War and Reagan and the homeless problem and AIDS. To me, it was kind of a dark, depressing time."