Thursday Motivation

A nuclear-weapons armed Iran is not in anyone's human-rights interests. That is a direct threat to the lives and the livelihoods and the stability not only of the region but beyond.  

It is very clear that the people in Afghanistan do not want the Taliban back.  

There is a hunger for the United States to be present again.  

In my family, we were Americans, we were Republicans and we were Methodists.  

I drink tons of water. Just as much water as I can possibly drink.  

I'm in charge of the State Department's 60,000-plus people all over the world, 275 posts.  

Everyone can change.  

Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.  

(Thomas J. Watson Sr. of IBM followed the same rule: “I’m no genius,” he said. “I’m smart in spots—but I stay around those spots.”)  

Tell me who your heroes are and I’ll tell you how you’ll turn out to be.  

Games are won by players who focus on the playing field –- not by those whose eyes are glued to the scoreboard.  

Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.  

Nobody is above the law. Imagine if there allegations against Modi and he is the Prime Minister. Should the case not be pursued just because he has become the PM. It should not be so that it should be stopped. I am not above the law.  

I have worked hard since my childhood and worked as a labourer. I put my mind and heart into it.  

Much of India that we dream of still lies ahead of us: housing, power, water and sanitation for all; bank accounts and insurance for every citizen; connected and prosperous villages; and, smart and sustainable cities.  

I remember when the wave of Jennifer Lopez, Salma Hayek and these beautiful Hispanic women came into light, and I looked up to them and I loved them, but I was like, 'Where are Middle Eastern women?'  

I am really cautious about what I say and do.  

I have to be in a relationship in order to be intimate. I'm not the one-night-stand kind of girl. Despite the rumors.  

I used to be super trendy and totally sexy. But I look back now and I used to want everything short and low cut and you really can't do it all.  

I think that there's the Kim Kardashian brand and the Kardashian brand. I think they blend together, but I have different qualities or interests that my sisters might not be so into.