Sometimes listening itself may not be enough-some people must be prodded if you are to find out what they're thinking.

When you reach an obstacle, turn it into an opportunity. You have the choice. You can overcome and be a winner, or you can allow it to overcome you and be a loser. The choice is yours and yours alone. Refuse to throw in the towel. Go that extra mile that failures refuse to travel. It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure.

Be a dreamer. Have a sense of greatness. It has been said that if you can dream it, you can do it. And I believe that. Before your dream can become a reality, you have to see it in your own mind; see its fulfillment, whatever it may be.

I believe that in order to be a good leader you must understand the value of praising people to success.

I've never yet met a person who didn't want to be appreciated.

Bear in mind that beauty is individual and personal, that the look and feeling you're after is one with which you can be comfortable each and every day of your life.

So many women just don't know how great they really are. They come to us all vogue outside and vague on the inside.