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.

The one thing I have never been afraid of is standing before important people and speaking my mind. I represent women who may never have the opportunity to go to the UN or meet with a president. I'm never afraid to speak truth to power.

It’s time for women to stop being politely angry.

When women gather, great things will happen.

It is so difficult to do any work nonviolently if you don't have the constant awareness of someone who is greater than you are - someone greater who will not just fight for you but who is there to console you.

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.

The world is upside down, it's going to take a lot of hands to turn it right side up.