“I’ve been lucky. Opportunities don’t often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.”

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

Take care of the small circle around you. When you have succeeded with them, then move outwards, one small step at a time.

As much as I loved the art and discipline of the dance, it didn’t love me!

Fewer things are lovelier to me than a full-blown rose when it opens up its heart.

Paris is always a good idea.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself.

To have beautiful lips, say beautiful things. To have beautiful eyes, look at people and see the good in them.

You can always tell what kind of a person a man really thinks you are by the earrings he gives you.

There is a shade of red for every woman.

Some people dream of having a big swimming pool. With me, it’s closets.

True friends are families which you can select.

I’d never worry about age if I knew I could go on being loved and have the possibility to love.

I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong.

Work as hard as you can, whatever you do, and try to spread generosity of spirit.

If I’m honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.

There are more important things than outward appearance. No amount of makeup can cover an ugly personality.

For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

It is easier for women to succeed in business, the arts, and politics in America than in Europe.

A tolerable expertness in military movements is a business that requires time and practice. It is not a day, or even a week, that will suffice for the attainment of it.

Think ahead. Don’t let day-to-day operations drive out planning.

There are resources to help and simple steps that parents, preschools, businesses, and communities can take to help our kids succeed, because we’re all in this together, and that’s what the Too Small to Fail Initiative is all about.

My husband changed jobs so fast that I simply never knew what business he was in.

My husband changed jobs so fast that I simply never knew what business he was in.

I don’t think we should be about the business of denying voters in Michigan and Florida the right to be heard.