"I believe in the power of education, and I want to give my people the opportunity to learn."

"I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them!"

"I am not ashamed of my past. I am not ashamed of my humble beginning."

"The great lesson that I have learned in my life is to stand by myself, to be self-reliant, to be self-sustaining."

"Struggle can be strategic training."