Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes

Competing with other women wastes a lot of time, and I'm just not very good at it.

The reality is that I surround myself with very smart, very strong people - including my ex-wives.

In examining the potential of individuals, we must focus on their strengths and not just their mistakes. We cannot be limited by what they may have spilled in the kitchen.

Anything that we can do to help men be more confident, I think that's going to be a net positive.

The truth is men like women who are challenging, and set them standards to live up too. Caveat: This doesn't mean he wants someone to neurotically pick at everything all the time.

I'm not really easy to live with! There needs to be unlimited patience and unconditional love. Men I've known before loved my independent spirit and were proud of my success, to the point that they'd become jealous of the time I devote to my career.

Trust is a core currency of any relationship. Sometimes our need to control and micromanage everything erodes our confidence in ourselves and others. The truth: People are much more capable than we think. A hearty dose of trust is often what's needed to unlock the magic. Go ahead, have faith.

I always try to keep the confidence of the actors, and try my best to make them feel comfortable or confident.

Often, we are quick to find blame with others but yet are unable to give constructive responses. There seems to be a tendency to doubt almost everything. Do we not have faith in our own people's strengths and in our institutions? Can we afford distrust amongst ourselves?

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.

Some of these kids just don't plain know how good they are: how smart and how much they have to say. You can tell them. You can shine that light on them, one human interaction at a time.

I need to learn to be more assertive.

I want people around me who call me out and hold me accountable.

Problems arise in that one has to find a balance between what people need from you and what you need for yourself.

As a mom, it's so important to feel confident in what you're doing.

What keeps you confident in a healthy way is knowing that everyone else around you is going to support you and teach you and you're going to learn from them. I just feel open to learning from people.

A company is stronger if it is bound by love rather than by fear.

The more you love a person, you more you should respect that person. Encourage her to be the best she can be, and you'll both be happier.

Whoever said “Keep your enemies close” didn’t have many enemies.

I just want to raise a confident girl. I just want her to know that she doesn't need to be sending naked pictures and doing all that stuff - I'm definitely going to monitor everything. I want to raise her to know that she can go do whatever she wants in life and to be comfortable in her own skin, which I think also just comes with age and time.

If you've got people around you that are like, 'Oh, you're so good,' this and that, it becomes unhealthy. My friends are like, 'You look like a doofus.' I'm like, 'Thank you. Thank you for that.' It keeps me grounded.

On 'Queer Eye' I come in with what I know, and I try to parlay that into lessons for our 'heroes.' But that's really listening to what they need. Sometimes it's a little more ambitious. Sometimes it's very simplistic. But it's got to be something that's condensed into a short amount of time.

I think in order to push kids and coach kids the way we want to coach them, we've got to have their trust.

I try hard to always question myself and wonder, 'What could I have done better? What did I do wrong?' The culture at our company is to be self-critical, but you have to balance that as a leader with praise for your team.