"Long ago, I made up my mind..." - Quote by Eleanor Roosevelt

“A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader,a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves.”

“A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think.”

“Life is like a parachute jump, you've got to get it right the first time.”

“I probably have a 20,000-word vocabulary. I'll match my wits with anyone on literature, science and the arts.”

“Once we have a firm practice of compassion our state of mind becomes stronger which leads to inner peace, giving rise to self-confidence, which reduces fear. This makes for constructive members of the community. Self-centredness on the other hand leads to distance, suspicion, mistrust and loneliness, with unhappiness as the result.”

“It's not a problem. In four or five days I will be beautiful once again.”

“All successful newspapers are ceaselessly querulous and bellicose. They never defend anyone or anything if they can help it; if the job is forced on them, they tackle it by denouncing someone or something else.”

“And the whole Bush family, from Texas, should be boiled in poisoned oil.”

“I don't mind people hating me, because it pushes me.”