No one is so poor that they cannot give, and no one is so rich that they cannot receive.

- Adrienne Clarkson

Each of us is carving a stone, erecting a column, or cutting a piece of stained glass in the construction of something much bigger than ourselves.

- Adrienne Clarkson

When you get on the boat that's saving you, don't pull up the ladder behind you

- Adrienne Clarkson

As I go across the country and privately visit women's shelters and counselling centres, I am appalled that the most vulnerable people in our society…

- Adrienne Clarkson

Sometimes we read or hear too much news that makes us fearful or suspicious of others. We can forget that most of the people that we know, or at leas…

- Adrienne Clarkson

To be complex does not mean to be fragmented. This is the paradox and the genius of our Canadian civilization.

- Adrienne Clarkson

Our horizon is the creation of a noble society to which, like the medieval builder of those glorious cathedrals, you will have added your conception,…

- Adrienne Clarkson