In Swat, there are two jobs a woman's going to do: a teacher or a doctor. If not, then become a housewife.

In every country, politics is considered to be a waste of time.

I believe in peace. I believe in mercy.

Islam means peace.

When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.

What is interesting is the power and the impact of social media... So we must try to use social media in a good way.

I believe the gun has no power at all.

We must tell girls their voices are important.

My story is the story of thousands of children from around the world. I hope it inspires others to stand up for their rights.

There's no place like home. And I do miss my home.

I was a girl in a land where rifles are fired in celebration of a son, while daughters are hidden away behind a curtain, their role in life simply to prepare food and give birth to children.

No business can succeed in any great degree without being properly organized.

The art of effective listening is essential to clear communication, and clear communication is necessary to management success.

The keystone of successful business is cooperation. Friction retards progress.

Exchange ideas frequently.

I never trust an executive who tends to pass the buck. Nor would I want to deal with him as a customer or a supplier.

Every man must decide for himself whether he shall master his world or be mastered by it.

I believe in trusting men, not only once but twice - in giving a failure another chance.

A merchant who approaches business with the idea of serving the public well has nothing to fear from the competition.

The five separate fingers are five independent units. Close them and the fist multiplies strength. This is organization.

The best teamwork comes from men who are working independently toward one goal in unison.

Clock watchers never seem to be having a good time.

Honor bespeaks worth. Confidence begets trust. Service brings satisfaction. Cooperation proves the quality of leadership.

Responsibilities are given to him on whom trust rests. Responsibility is always a sign of trust.

The greatest teacher I know is the job itself.

Luck is always the last refuge of laziness and incompetence.

The Chinese go around with lollipops in their pockets. They have aid. They have friendship deals. They build you a Prime Minister's office or President's office or Parliament House or Foreign Ministry. For them, trade is an extension of their foreign policy.

I think we are paying a lot of attention to China one way or the other. They are a big factor in the world. They are successful; they are growing. They want to grow their influence, and all the countries in Asia want to be their friend and want to benefit from China's development and success.

You need people who have their own views, whose views you respect, whom you can have a productive disagreement with, and work out ideas which you might not have come up with, or who improve on ideas you had.

What we can do in Singapore may not be doable elsewhere. Some things you know you need: you want efficient government, you want clean government, you want to do away with corruption, you must educate your people. You want to get housing and so on. All these are not such secrets, not so special to Singapore.

The world is a diverse place. Nobody has a monopoly on virtue or wisdom.

At some point, there will be some other financial crisis. It's in the nature of a capitalist system.

I hope to develop our relationship with the Trump administration and with the United States. It's a very sound relationship that's based on the basic strategic congruence of views about the world, about the region.

China is a very big and complicated country; it's not easy to govern. But with courage and unity, China will certainly overcome all difficulties and continue to develop and move forward.

The invisible hand of the market always moves faster and better than the heavy hand of government.

Our worldly successes cannot be guaranteed, but our ability to achieve spiritual success is entirely up to us, thanks to the grace of God. The best advice I know is to give is to give those worldly things your best but never your all - reserve the ultimate hope for the only one who can grant it.

Conservatism has had from its inception vigorously positive, intellectually rigorous agenda and thinking. That agenda should have in my three pillars: strengthen the economy, strengthen our security, and strengthen our families.

In the private sector, there is always innovation. There's always change. There's always improving productivity, and if you're not leading that, you'll be passed and ultimately go out of business. So there's an urgency to constantly update and renew and to rethink your enterprise.

Mom and Dad were married 64 years. And if you wondered what their secret was, you could have asked the local florist - because every day Dad gave Mom a rose, which he put on her bedside table. That's how she found out what happened on the day my father died - she went looking for him because that morning, there was no rose.

President Obama's astonishing failure to secure an orderly transition in Iraq has unnecessarily put at risk the victories that were won through the blood and sacrifice of thousands of American men and women.

We believe in individual initiative, personal responsibility, opportunity, freedom, small government, the Constitution. These principles, these American principles are key to getting our economy back to being successful and leading the world.

Religious freedom opens a door for Americans that is closed to too many others around the world. But whether we walk through that door, and what we do with our lives after we do, is up to us.

Religious liberty is the first freedom in our Constitution. And whether the cause is justice for the persecuted, compassion for the needy and the sick, or mercy for the child waiting to be born, there is no greater force for good in the nation than Christian conscience in action.

The words spoken by the leader of the free world can expand the frontiers of freedom or shrink them. When Ronald Reagan called on Gorbachev to 'tear down this wall', a surge of confidence rose that would ultimately breach the bounds of the evil empire.

The American culture promotes personal responsibility, the dignity of work, the value of education, the merit of service, devotion to a purpose greater than self, and at the foundation, the pre-eminence of family.

People in politics always say they're spending time with their family, but in my case, it's a big family. We got 23 grandkids, so I get to spend a lotta time with them, and it's extraordinarily enjoyable.

America cannot continue to lead the family of nations around the world if we suffer the collapse of the family here at home.

I've been looking at some video clips on YouTube of President Obama - then candidate Obama - going through Iowa making promises. The gap between his promises and his performance is the largest I've seen, well, since the Kardashian wedding and the promise of 'til death do we part.

You can't continue to have higher education tuition grow at a multiple of the rate of inflation.

Freedom. Freedom of religion. Freedom to speak their mind. Freedom to build a life. And yes, freedom to build a business. With their own hands. This is the essence of the American experience.