Don't wait for a Gandhi, don't wait for a King, don't wait for a Mandela. You are your own Mandela, you are your own Gandhi, you are your own King.

Leadership is standing with your people. People say you have to live to fight another day, but sometimes you have to show you are a true leader.

I'm a serious optimist. I come from a country where you have little to be hopeful for, and so you have to always be an optimist.

When women gather, great things will happen.

I don't feel like I've done anything extraordinary but take my little light and shine it in darkness.

At 17, the first time I saw a dead body, I froze. By 31 it was a natural occurrence for me, and no group of people should live like that.

The world is waiting to hear from you.