Queen Rania of Jordan Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.”
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“Good teachers teach. Great teachers transform.”
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“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.”
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“Social media are a catalyst for the advancement of everyone's rights. It's where we're reminded that we're all human and all equal. It's where people can find and fight for a cause, global or local, popular or specialized, even when there are hundreds of miles between them.”
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“I've learned to take things a little more easily, to be a little more forgiving of myself.”
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“My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, 'I wish I could do that.'”
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“I think generally, in life, I try to always ensure that there are periodic moments where I do venture out of my comfort zone, because that's what keeps you alive. That's what keeps you from getting stale.”
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“If one girl with courage is a revolution, imagine what feats we can achieve together.”
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“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.”
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“Values are the shields that you carry throughout life and it protects you from whatever life throws at you.”
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“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.”
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“In education, technology can be a life-changer, a game changer, for kids who are both in school and out of school. Technology can bring textbooks to life. The Internet can connect students to their peers in other parts of the world. It can bridge the quality gaps.”
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“I don't think people by nature are extremists. You will never find a population of extremists. Extremists have existed throughout the centuries on all religions. And what happens is, extremists start to have more leverage when the situation is bad.”
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“I found that being online has opened a window for me to look into other people's lives... The greatest fear that I have is losing touch.”
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“We are stronger when we listen,and smarter when we share.”
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“To achieve a lasting peace in the Middle East takes guts, not guns.”
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“When girls are educated, you get effects that cascade throughout society.”
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“I work in areas related to child protection and family safety, women's empowerment, the creation of opportunities for youth, and culture and tourism. Daunting? Yes. Impossible? No. In fact, such challenges energize me.”
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“I have nothing against the veil. And I think that, wrongly, many in the West look at the veil as a symbol of oppression. Now, as long as a woman chooses to wear the veil, because that's her belief and because of her own - that's a personal relationship with God, so she should be free to dress in whichever way she wants.”
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“If you educate a boy, you educate a person, but if you educate a girl, you educate a family and benefit an entire community.â€Â    An entire community - now that is really interesting! Then I found the quote changed a little more on the Kingdom of Jordan website by her Royal Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan during her interview with Oprah Winfrey. Queen Rania relates the quote in these words: “As you educate a woman, you educate the family. If you educate the girls, you educate the future.”
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“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.”
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“Educate a woman and you educate her family. Educate a girl and you change the future.”
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“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.”
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“Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.”
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“Today, I join King Abdullah in Paris to stand in solidarity with the people of France in their darkest hour...To stand in unity against extremism in all its forms and to stand up for our cherished faith, Islam. And so that the lasting image of these terrible events is an unprecedented outpouring of sympathy and support between people of all faiths and cultures.”
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“Travelers are the greatest ambassadors of tolerance.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“By its very nature, hard-line ideology is self-serving and self-perpetuating; its primary goal is to survive - and that precludes everything.”
-- Queen Rania of Jordan
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