It's important to think big, but you've got to work small.

One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you treat yourself equally to the way you treat a man.

If it's one thing we learned from the first book, it's that you don't have to be a prizefighter, or a world-renowned architect, or a concert violinist to have been affected by the power of words.

It's important to think big, but you've got to work small.

A man has to be Joe McCarthy to be called ruthless . . . all a woman has to do is put you on hold.

In that I found being able to talk to my family about my feelings, praying for strength and realizing that our lives have a deep purpose and the journey of our lives is to find out what that is and express it, was the only way I could have gotten through it.

It's fascinating for us women to begin looking at our lives in five-year plans. It really does help you keep on track. If that's too hard, start with a two-year plan.