Dalia Grybauskaite Quotes

#1. My climb to political success was no elevator ride, and it has not always been pretty, but I persevered as one of a handful of women in the male-dominated world of politics.

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#2. My advice and wish to every woman in my country and in the world is very simple: Do not be afraid to be yourself, to have your dream, your vision, and to go for it. We can achieve a lot if we are sincerely committed to our goals and work hard to realize them.

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#3. Women have more inner power for creation, starting from family and home and ending with professional activity and politics.

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#4. I am a person of action. If I see I can bring a positive change, I will go for it, never mind that something might be hard to achieve.

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#5. I believe that the world has become more democratic and open. Women have become more outspoken, more active and competitive. They have achieved great accomplishments in many fields that were previously dominated by men.

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#6. Music has the power to stop time. But music also keeps time,

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#7. If we take into account that women have had the right to vote only for some 100 years - in some countries even less - and that we have already won seats in governments or presidential offices, I understand that men look at this rise with some anxiety.

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#8. The C language combines all the power of assembly language with all the ease-of-use of assembly language.

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#9. I don't subscribe to that school of thought that leadership can be altogether defined by gender.

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#10. You are a creature of Divine Love connected at all times to Source. Divine Love is when you see God in everyone and everything you encounter.

Wayne Dyer

#11. If women decide that their mission, their political career, balances out what they have to give up, they can be and are equally successful as men.

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#12. While I am a lawyer by profession and have travelled to several countries, working and educating myself, I came from a rural background in a Third World country at a time when women were told what their place was and whose mothers enjoyed even less.

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#13. I never had ambition to become president of the state or to accomplish more than men.

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#14. People trust those leaders who show real results of their work, rather than those who just talk about the results.

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#15. I am happy and proud that during one year of presidency, my initiatives have been strongly supported by the people and society and we have launched the process of vitally important state reforms.

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#16. Traditionally, women have a lot of different roles in society. It is very difficult to balance all these roles and at the same time to compete with men. A leading, successful woman has to put in much bigger efforts to be more competent and faster, more dynamic and organized, than a successful man.

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#17. Western women have been controlled by ideals and stereotypes as much as by material constraints.

Naomi Wolf

#18. I have learned from my own experience that if you work hard you will succeed.

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#19. If you need to pursue your interests, do not expect anyone else to do it for you.

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#20. That was when the Spanish came in and conquered the Aztecs. I thought that was a clever thing.

Les Baxter

#21. Hard work, courage and commitment - these are the key elements for success.

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#22. The examples of female success stories are important on the global scale, as they help to disseminate the idea of gender equality and to spread the roots for the actual implementation of equal rights for women and men and democratic values among different cultures, societies and traditions.

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#23. The world has become more diversified, with women becoming a real power of change.

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#24. It was my mother, despite the limitations placed on women of her time by society, who insisted I be allowed to go abroad to study, in sturdy defiance of the male elders of the family, who protested and decided that I should be married off instead.

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#25. With the danger of terrorism and war spreading in the world, now is the right moment to stop and reconsider our actions and do everything possible to bring an end to the fighting, be it in your own homeland, neighboring countries, or in your region.

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#26. From day one, my mantra has been - and will continue to be - that as a government we were there to serve the people, not the other way around.

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#27. I have led the way for moving women from traditional roles to strategic positions and inspired girls and women throughout Africa to seek leadership positions.

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#28. The precondition of success and entry to the top politics is primarily one's will - that is, making one's own decisions, because it means having to leave your home or move your family, quit social networking and build new contacts, [since] central governments are seated in capitals.

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