I've learned to take things a little more easily, to be a little more forgiving of myself.

Whatever title or office we may be privileged to hold, it is what we do that defines who we are ... Each of us must decide what kind of person we want to be-what kind of legacy that we want to pass on.

Good teachers teach. Great teachers transform.

I really feel that political will is born out of popular will.

It is all too easy to draw conclusions and make sweeping judgments about millions of Muslim women based on fleeting television images. That is not right.

At the end of the day, the position is just a position, a title is just a title, and those things come and go. It's really your essence and your values that are important.

I have nothing against the veil. And I think that, wrongly, many in the West look at the veil as a symbol of oppression. Now, as long as a woman chooses to wear the veil, because that's her belief and because of her own - that's a personal relationship with God, so she should be free to dress in whichever way she wants.