Get up and do it if it needs to be done, even if you hate it!
Beauty can't amuse you, but brainwork - reading, writing, thinking - can.
I guess I'm a survivor. There are many of us survivors and any successful woman of my age has somewhat of that in her.
Never throw anything good away -- real wool, pure silk. Put it away and wait for it to come back.
Work with the raw material you have, namely you, and never let up.
Good posture is the one most important thing anybody can do now to look better.