If you give me any problem in America I can trace it down to domestic violence. It is the cradle of most of the problems, economic, psychological, educational.

I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder.

No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone.

Life is tough; and if you have the ability to laugh at it, you have the ability to enjoy it.

I think it's not a femme fatale when someone is not doing it to manipulate men or be like a black widow. She loves him. She does it out of love. She wants him so badly to stay with her.

I proved to myself that if I believe in something and set my mind to it I could actually accomplish it.

I keep waiting to meet a man who has more balls than I do.

Sometimes evolving doesn't mean transforming; sometimes it just means owning what is there.

Life is about creating new opportunities, not waiting for them to come to you.

Your empathy for other mothers is such a natural instinct and it's such a beautiful thing that we all connect, and we should all help each other.

What is important is to believe in something so strongly that you're never discouraged.

Her soft trailing fingers would continue to attempt a connection that I refused to allow

Don’t waste you energy to compare your life with others.

To govern is to correct. If you set an example by being correct, who would dare to remain incorrect?

Curiosity ran unchecked through him, like the wind outside through the deserted streets, along the canal, around the little wooden houses, everywhere, as far as the mountain.

For victory is victory, however small, nor is its worth only from what follows from it.

I heard that the best way to get over someone is to get under someone else.

Don't be so fond of what you planned that somehow to change it seems like a violation of your own choice and wisdom. It's just the opposite.

Fashion is just something money can buy. People who are stylish are free and have no fear in staying true to themselves. Plus, style is infinitely more interesting.

Women of South Africa are some of the most powerful people on Earth. Change what you believe is possible for yourself.

About suffering they were never wrong, The Old Masters.