“I am not a national leader. If I am a national leader I can speak out all that I want.”

Saving our planet requires you to be ambitious in what you aim, and, equally, in how hard you work to reach your goal.

We must unite. Violence against women cannot be tolerated, in any form, in any context, in any circumstance, by any political leader or by any government.

Men must teach each other that real men do not violate or oppress women – and that a woman’s place is not just in the home or the field, but in schools and offices and boardrooms.

We have seen in the past where leaders have not been open-minded or have not been flexible. That’s why the people came out to the streets and shouted and chanted for more reforms and more freedoms.

People everywhere look to the United States to use its remarkable power to help lift humanity up and to work for the common good.

Women must be full partners in development, so they can lift themselves and their communities out of poverty.

My observation is China is thinking more as a global player than regionally, in both politics and economics.

Only through women’s full and equal participation in all areas of public and private life can we hope to achieve the sustainable, peaceful and just society promised in the United Nations Charter.

Climate change, demographics, water, food, energy, global health, women’s empowerment – these issues are all intertwined. We cannot look at one strand in isolation. Instead, we must examine how these strands are woven together.

The unity in diversity of the United States is one of the country’s greatest strengths.

The longer we delay, the more we will pay.

Migration is an expression of the human aspiration for dignity, safety and a better future. It is part of the social fabric, part of our very make-up as a human family

Reason doesn’t mean very much in a country like North Korea.

With her courage and determination, Malala has shown what terrorists fear most: a girl with a book.

I am willing to take any measures when it comes to the fundamental principle of human rights.

In a world of plenty, no one, not a single person, should go hungry. But almost 1 billion still do not have enough to eat. I want to see an end to hunger everywhere within my lifetime.

People don’t listen to marketplace logic; they listen for meaning and purpose. Attention can’t be bought.

The more varied the environments in which you exercise your leadership gift, the stronger that gift will become. You will become a far more effective leader.

I dreamed there would be a time to come together to “build out the Hope Reformation that would bring certain shifts to the leaders in the Body of Christ.”

In any leadership position, you’re always going to be disappointing somebody.

Kinsey was six foot five, and he had this leader of men quality.

Service standards keep rising. As competitors render better and better service, customers become more demanding. Their expectations grow.

I grew up in a very musical family, my father was a musician and a big band leader and made records.

Leader, bandits at 2 o’clock! Roger; it’s only 1:30 now-what’ll I do ’til then?