It seems to me that violence against women has been tolerated for so long that the world has become numb to it.

Sometimes you just have to jump off the cliff without knowing where you will land.

I believe that leadership acts should be manifested by engaging in external work that can be observed and shared with everyone else.

Being a leader for me is about having the courage to speak the truth, and live the truth, despite attempts to silence our thoughts, feelings, and past experiences.

I find it amazing that the only group of people who are not fighting and not killing and not pillaging and not burning and not raping, and the group of people who are mostly — though not exclusively — who are keeping life going in the midst of war, are not included in the negotiating table.

Where has change ever been clean and nice? It has always been messy and painful.

Changes don't happen in the world by playing it safe, taking risks is the way to change the world.