It used to be you wanted to marry up.

Oprah is so bright, and her intelligence is so piercing that I don't think anyone who spends a few minutes with her isn't struck by that.

There are two things in life that I really wanted to do: be an actress, and to be in skin care, and I've gotten to do both of them.

Victory Over Violence is an organization that was created to help fund shelters for women and children.

When I don't plumb the depths or the opportunities of each day, I don't have joy.

When I started Victoria Principal Products, there were 22 full-time employees - they were all women.

When women work together, it's a bond unlike any other.

I believe that how you feel is very important to how you look - that healthy equals beautiful.

No one can make me work harder than I do, so I'm generally not interested in who I am competing with.

Success doesn't mean that you are healthy, success doesn't mean that you're happy, success doesn't mean that you're rested. Success really doesn't mean that you look good, or feel good, or are good.

It is so easy to forget that this is good that we're alive. We should be enjoying this gift of being alive.

When I became a mature woman, I put both feet firmly on the side of maturity.

You can't be responsible for the way people respond to you. You're only responsible for yourself.

Don't strive to be perfect. Strive for excellence.

I grew up thinking that whatever I wanted to do, I could do.

I try to treat people the way I would like to be treated, but I can't worry about what everyone's going to think.

I was very lucky. My parents raised me in such a way that it never occurred to me that I wasn't equal.

Unless we keep this planet healthy, everything else is for naught.

There came a moment in my life when I realized that I had stepped into another part of my life. I used to walk into a room full of people and think, do they like me? And one day I walk in and I thought, do I like them?

As long as my body is in shape, my mind is working at its full capacity.