You are never too old to become younger!

I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond.

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

Power is being told you are not loved... and not being destroyed by it.

We all fall to the floor at some point. It's how you pick yourself up that's the real challenge. Isn't it?

Power is being told you're not loved and not being destroyed by it.

Sometimes you have to be a bitch to get things done.

If your joy is derived from what society thinks of you, you're always going to be disappointed.

I laugh at myself. I don't take myself completely seriously. I think that's another quality that people have to hold on to... you have to laugh, especially at yourself.

No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you've come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself.

I do not believe that things happen accidentally; I believe you earn them.

Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven't exactly been non-aggressive - including me.

I think that there is never an indispensable leader, you know? I think that there is a time with dignity that one needs to leave.

Take it from someone who fled the Iron Curtain: I know what happens when you give the Russians a green light.

The capability of negotiating... is something that means you not only have to understand fully what you believe and what your national interests are but in order to be a really good negotiator, you have to try to figure out what the other person on the other side of the table has in mind.

If you look at U.S. history through religious history, there is very much a motif that shows the importance religion has played in the U.S. We're a very religious country and it affects the way we look at various political issues.

Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about.

Even before I went to the UN, I often would want to say something in a meeting - only woman at the table - and I'd think, 'OK well, I don't think I'll say that. It may sound stupid.' And then some man says it, and everybody thinks it's completely brilliant, and you are so mad at yourself for not saying something.

The day-to-day making of policy is arguing all the time. You're trying to get the right approach and the right answer, and there are moments that aren't very pleasant. But in the end, you look at the overall product.

I can't imagine what it is like to be raised in a society where their only statues that exist are to you and your father.

You think that the heads of state only have serious conversations, but they actually often begin really with the weather or, 'I really like your tie.'

I do believe that in order to be a successful negotiator that as a diplomat, you have to be able to put yourself into the other person's shoes. Unless you can understand what is motivating them, you are never going to be able to figure out how to solve a particular problem.

One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting, by the time they get to you, the point is not germane. So the bottom line is active listening. If you are going to interrupt, you look for opportunities. You have to know what you're talking about.

As a leader, you have to have the ability to assimilate new information and understand that there might be a different view.