I was the first size 14 model to be featured in an ad in the magazine,I was the first size 14 model on the cover!

I know my curves are sexy and I want everyone else to know that theirs are too. There is no reason to hide and every reason to flaunt.

I felt free, once I realized i was never going to fit the narrow mold that society wanted me to fit in.

There is not one standard definition of beauty or one perfect size.

There is no reason to hide and every reason to flaunt.

I am always being asked to gain or lose weight, but I am at a point now where I don't care anymore. I love my body, I love my super-hourglass shape and I love showing it off.

I don't want women to hold themselves back. I think there are too many women who are self-conscious about the way they look - the way they see themselves in the mirror.

Love yourself. Be proud of who you are.

For me, wearing lingerie isn't about anyone else but me. If I dressed for others I would be a miserable person.

We are lucky to live in a world made up of so many different kinds of people and I am confident in the direction we are going.

I always say wear what makes you feel most confident, and confidence doesn't always come over night.

They (the French) have taken genius instead of reason for their guide, adopted experiment instead of experience, and wander in the dark because they prefer lightning to light.

We live longer than our forefathers; but we suffer more from a thousand artificial anxieties and cares. They fatigued only the muscles, we exhaust the finer strength of the nerves

The mind, in addition to medicine, has powers to turn the immune system around.

I'm about to start something new. I'm waiting to be whelmed. The whelming as you start something new is quite something.

You do learn from what you've done in the past.

Newspapers should be read for the study of facts. They should not be allowed to kill the habit of independent thinking.

Working cuts down on both folly and wisdom.

This is not only a commandment but also a promise or reward.

Happiness is, in truth, a very cheap thing, when the heart will be contented to traffic with nature - art has quite a different price.

Self-respect to be nourished in the mind of the pupil, is one of the most valuable results of a well conducted education.