My mother never let on that anything was wrong. She kept her chin up and acted as if everything were just fine. So we did too.

Thank you for accepting me as I am, with my virtues and defects.

The number of times I have fallen down is the number of times I have gotten up.

When somebody elses happiness makes you happy, it means you are a person with a big heart.

It doesn't bother me at all that some people think I am too outspoken.

No one else has ever opened doors for me - I opened them myself.

Perhaps trying to move away from my problems and focus on the positive is the best I can do.

Malandrinas' means 'bad girls,' but not bad in a negative way. I wrote it in homage to my female fans.

The key to success in life is getting up early.

I made a living out of singing Mexican music.

Whenever I took a step forward, it seemed as though life was pushing me five steps back.

There are so many ways to change the world, and every single one starts with you.

Love gives strength to the spirit.

Anyone who thought death warmed over didn't look good, had never seen this guy.

What the culture of get rich quick does to our people is the escapist mentality becomes prevalent, giving birth to the syndrome of economic refugees.

It's important to underscore this overriding fact: women are not just victims of conflict-they are agents of peace and agents of change.

I am mad, I think. I am mad therefore I think. I am mad therefore I think I am.

I've always been very sensible with money.

Think of things not as they are, but as they might be. Don't merely dream- but create.

Nurses quietly go about their work in a noble profession, uncelebrated soldiers toiling through the days and nights in service to the sick, the injured and the dying.

I will not be sworn but love may transform me to an oyster; but I'll take my oath on it, till he have made an oyster of me he shall never make me such a fool.