“And as I walk round the park I always think, ‘Maybe round the corner I am going to find something beautiful.’ I always think positively. It is very rare that you find me in a mood that is sad or melancholic.”

Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical.

Jealousy is a miserable feeling. It means you aspire to something that you cannot have. Even in love, it is better to leave, better not to waste time.

If you can learn to use your mind as well as your powder puff, you will become more truly beautiful.

A mother has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.

True happiness is impossible without solitude.

Being beautiful can never hurt, but you have to have more. You have to sparkle, you have to be fun, you have to make your brain work if you have one.

The Fountain of Youth is in your mind.

I am lucky. I had a very beautiful mother.

Sex appeal is 50% what you’ve got and 50% what people think you’ve got.

I was born wise. Street-wise, people-wise, self-wise. This wisdom was my birthright.

There is no better love potion than a coffee. When a man drinks the coffee made by you he will become forever yours.

I’ve never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are painful. I don’t understand people who hide from their past. Everything you live through helps to make you the person you are now.

Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go so much further than people with vastly superior talent.

Beauty is in you and is reflected in your eyes. It is not material.

You do not become a star, you are born a star. A star is born with that indefinable extra something.

Learn to use your brains as deftly as your powder box, and then maybe you have a powder box and do not need.

You will be the beautiful prince you were always meant to be.

I feel good to know that they recognize the potential of reggae music. And they are exposing it to the world, letting the world hear how beautiful reggae music can be.

Young people have a beautiful vision of what the future should be.

You’re still beautiful to me, cause youre my mom.

You’re still beautiful to me, cause youre my mom.

For me the history of the place of black people in this country is so varied, complex and beautiful. And impactful.

For me the history of the place of black people in this country is so varied, complex and beautiful. And impactful.

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.