You gain strength, courage, and confidence by doing the thing which you think you cannot do.

it is always easier to do nothing than to try a new line of action.

Our obligation to the world is, primarily, our obligation to our own future. Obviously, we cannot develop beyond a certain point unless other nations develop, too.

Spiritual leadership should remain spiritual leadership and the temporal power should not become too important in any church.

I'm so glad I never feel important, it does complicate life!

This is not a time when women should be patient. We are in a war and we need to fight it with all our ability and every weapon possible. Women pilots, in this particular case, are a weapon waiting to be used.

When you adopt the standards and the values of someone else … you surrender your own integrity. You become, to the extent of your surrender, less of a human being.