We can either have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both

— Louis Brandeis

If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher

— APJ Abdul Kalam

Educate and Raise the Masses, and thus alone a Nation is Possible

— Swami Vivekananda

It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly then to live an imitation of somebody else’s life with perfection

— Bhagavad Gita

In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders

— Sheryl Sandberg

I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own

— Audre Lorde

Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change

— Muhammad Ali

People…were poor not because they were stupid or lazy. They worked all day long, doing complex physical tasks. They were poor because the financial institution in the country did not help them widen their economic base

— Muhammad Yunus