Manushi Chhillar Quotes

Being Miss Universe is much more than having a sash and a crown. It is about taking pride in my commitment to serving as an ambassador to my country - and to women everywhere.

It is easy to dismiss the world as 'irrelevant,' or consumed by 'paranoid anti-Americanism,' but perhaps not wise.

People have a huge desire to be listened to, for politicians to take the time to understand their problems.

What the United States does best is to understand itself. What it does worst is understand others.

I have a great relationship with the Mexican people.

The United States is very good at understanding itself, and very bad at understanding others.

We [politicians] have a bad habit of not putting ourselves in the place of those we are trying to represent, and whose needs we are supposed to be considering.

It’s really important that the entire policymaking establishment understands the country they’re making policy abound sees it throughs the eyes of the people in it, not just through our eyes.

The people with the passports, the people who travel more, tend to be the most understanding. And it's ironic that the people who travel the least have the strongest opinions about the people they've never met.

There's a lot of people in this world, and it's important to learn about them.

I think to be Miss U.S.A., first of all, you need to represent everybody, all of us here.

We must create a climate where people agree that human beings are more alike than unalike. The only way to do that is through education.

To truly lead one's people, one must also truly know them.

Learn all you can about people in other parts of the world. Understanding how people in other countries live and work and play teaches us to respect them and promote peace everywhere.

The only way to end war is communication between people.

You think the only people who are people, are the people who look and think like you. But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you'll learn things you never knew you never knew.

It isn't easy to understand the lives of people different from your own.

If we took the time to learn more about different places and people, perhaps we would have more empathy for each other.

You can have a lot of New York and still see what's going on in the rest of the world, I think - like in China.

I spent a lot of time when I was president, trying to end wars, prevent killing, and promote understanding. What I have seen is that peace works better than conflict, and one of the best manifestations of it is in travel and tourism.

People to people contact is essential for Nations to come closer.

Occasionally [Donald Trump] says things that are too strong and upsets people, and I think he'll work to do better on that.

...treat people with understanding when you can, and fake it when you can't until you do understand.

Imagine if somebody were to really sit down with Osama bin Ladin and say, 'Listen man, what is it that you're so angry at me about that you're willing to have people strap bombs to themselves, or get inside of airplanes and fly them into buildings?' That would be the miracle if we can get, sit down and talk to our enemies and find a way for them to hear us.

Other nations of different habits are not enemies: they are godsends. Men require of their neighbours something sufficiently akin to be understood, something sufficiently different to provoke attention, and something great enough to command admiration. We must not expect, however, all the virtues.