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

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

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

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

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'm generally competing with the ideal I have set for myself, and I've found that served me very well