Abigail Disney

There's no one on this earth taken less seriously in a leadership context than a young woman - everything is against you. ”

We have a world minus a whole lot of talent that has stepped out of contention for leadership, only because they don't want to seem too aggressive, too smart, unattractive, or too male. ”

My advice to female directors is not to wait until you feel like your ideas have been pre-certified or until you think you've gotten some approval for them. Then it's too late! Follow your gut. That's hard to do, but the only way to be original. ”

I think if we understand better the impact of war on women and children, we might be more careful about the wars we start. ”

I was a bit of a lost lamb in my twenties, trying to find my higher calling. ”

I love everybody. I think my totem animal is a Labrador Retriever. ”

Combat is a piece of war. But war is a totalizing, uncivilized experience. ”

I've heard people say in the U.N. community among mediators they don't like women as mediators because they're too quick to compromise. ”

The greater good is achieved by not only telling people what they need to know, but also filling them with a sense of empathy and love. ”

News reports don't look at the land that existed before a war and the land that exists after a war. Reporting on war is a snapshot in time. ”