"There is no city or country in the world where women and girls live free of the fear of violence. No leader can claim: 'this is not happening in my backyard.'"

"In artillery exercises, women always win because they're more accurate."

"My father respected and admired my mother and was a person who was always standing by my side, encouraging me to do more and believed in my capacity. So in that sense, my own experience was very good in becoming an empowered woman. From early on, I carried that strong message: 'You can do it.' So I never had any doubt that women can do a lot."

"You have to be doing things that matter - responsibility, but also responsibility with epic and beautiful and noble tasks."

"Satan, really, is the romantic youth of Jesus re-appearing for a moment."

"Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would jar their little worlds."

"It is a steadfast truth that love does not demand perfection; it embraces the authentic journey of growth."

"To live with purpose is to leave the world a little gentler than you found it. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."