“I firmly believe we can make our own miracles if we believe strongly enough in ourselves and our mission on earth.”

The fantasy of a man is the best weapon of a woman.

There is no greater love potion than regular coffee, brewed his own. When a man tries it, he was not going anywhere.

Any woman can look her best if she feels good in her skin. It’s not a question of clothes or makeup. It’s how she sparkles.

I still like me, inside and out. Not in a vain way – I just feel good in my skin.

I have no regrets. regret only makes wrinkles.

I don’t like to run. I don’t like to jump up and down. Being a big girl and having a bosom, I injure myself! It upsets me, I have to hold my two things. I just can’t jog, there’s something in the way.

The facts of life are that a child who has seen war cannot be compared with a child who doesn’t know what war is except from television.

Everything you live through helps to make you the person you are now.

A dog is faithful, a woman never.

You really have to be satisfied with what you are and accept from life what it still very generously offers you – and notice it, and be glad for it.

You must all, somewhere deep in your hearts, believe that you have a special beauty that is like no other and that is so valuable that you must not abandon it. Indeed, you must learn to cherish it.

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.

I believe that rewards in life are deserved. Every reward is the fruit of discipline, of dedication and of sacrifices. And of stubbornness.

Mistakes are a part of the dues one pays for a full life.

Luck assists fortune, you need to catch the moment. Otherwise the opportunity fades.

I know how to say ‘no’ in twelve languages. That’s enough for a woman.

You must be an intellectual. A normal person would never believe a thing like that.

I do believe in the power of story. I believe that stories have an important role to play in the formation of human beings, that they can stimulate, amaze and inspire their listeners.

I’ve always believed in the old-fashioned way: When you’ve got scoundrels in office, you vote ’em out.

It’s not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.

I truly believe that one day we will get there, we will arrive. And if we do it right in America, maybe, just maybe, we can serve as a model for the rest of the world.

Believe in yourself and go for it.

I don’t believe in bad people. I believe that people, somewhere inside, have the potential to realize themselves.

I stand up for what I believe in, and a lot of the time that can be against people’s opinions.