We are stronger when we listen,and smarter when we share.
Educate a woman and you educate her family. Educate a girl and you change the future.
Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.
At the end of the day, the position is just a position, a title is just a title, and those things come and go. It's really your essence and your values that are important.
Good teachers teach. Great teachers transform.
A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering with her neighbors to make their street safer; a woman running for office to improve her country - they all have something to offer, and the more our societies empower women, the more we receive in return.
You cannot kill an ideology with a bullet. You can only kill it with a better idea.
Values are the shields that you carry throughout life and it protects you from whatever life throws at you.
If one girl with courage is a revolution, imagine what feats we can achieve together.
I believe that if we want our children to understand the world beyond their classroom, we must bring the world into their classroom.
When you educate a girl, you kick-start a cycle of success. It makes economic sense. It makes social sense. It makes moral sense. But, it seems, it's not common sense yet.
I don't believe there is a clash between cultures. I believe there is a clash between perceptions of each other.
We shouldn't judge people through the prism of our own stereotypes.
We look at problems happening halfway across the world and we think, 'Well, that's their problem.' But it's not. ... When you solve somebody else's problem, you're solving a problem for yourself because our world today is so interconnected.
Children keep us in check. Their laughter prevents our hearts from hardening. Their dreams ensure we never lose our drive to make ours a better world. They are the greatest disciplinarians known to mankind.
I don't lose sleep over failures. I worry about the successes and how they can be replicated.
Being popular comes when you have everything. But to be liked, it means that you must be treating people with respect and you must be showing kindness toward them.
The youth are the catalysts for real change.
Whatever title or office we may be privileged to hold, it is what we do that defines who we are ... Each of us must decide what kind of person we want to be-what kind of legacy that we want to pass on.
My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, "I wish I could do that." Like women who endure hardships and turn their luck around and bring up children on their own and start a business. Or a social worker who leaves his country, his comfort, his friends, and goes far away to help people he doesn't know. I want to evolve into that, ultimately. I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.
To achieve a lasting peace in the Middle East takes guts, not guns.
Holy scripture does not hold women back. It's the people that decide to interpret it in such a way for their own, sometimes political, agendas.
We always say Jordan is not rich in natural resources - we don't have oil or gas like some of our neighbors do - but I think in terms of human resources, we are quite lucky and we are really trying to foster an environment of innovation and technology. I think Jordan will emerge as a center of innovation in the Middle East.
Travelers are the greatest ambassadors of tolerance.
For many, the hijab represents modesty, piety and devotion to God, and I truly respect that. But the hijab should not be used as a means of applying social pressure on people.
