True wisdom listens more, talks less, and can get along with all types of people.

My personal goals are to be happy, healthy and to be surrounded by loved ones.

When I meet successful people I ask 100 questions as to what they attribute their success to. It is usually the same: persistence, hard work and hiring good people.

I always trust my gut reaction; it's always right.

I'm still a little girl in Hawaii, I have the same friends I had when I was a kid who love me for who I am - not what I do. I never got caught up in the club scene or took wrong roads.

Treat everyone with respect and kindness. Period. No exceptions.

I am a control freak. I want to do what I want to do.

Every girl likes to be thought of and made to feel special.

Balance is key: I need to be successful in my career to feel fulfilled, be surrounded by people I care about to share it with, and have my health to be able to do the things I love to do!

I like when my man is worldly, know the finer things in life, is well traveled, and educated. It's important to me that he's able to talk to all types of people, from doctors to dishwashers.

Regarding one's career: always be prepared, no short cuts - hard work is the only alternative that really works.

Education gives light.

We are about to make motherhood a crime. No civilized government in the history of mankind has ever done this.

I'm committed to evolving and growing and sitting at the head of my own table with no fears or limitations. But I've also learned to be more open now and more spontaneous in life.

On becoming more acquainted with the word of the Bible, I began to understand so much more of what I had been taught, and of what I had learned about life and about the people in mine.

I only look at things in a short term of a few years, but admittedly, I reevaluate what I'm doing, and whether I want to continue touring or not.

When you are desperate to get someone who isn't all that interested in you, you lay siege as hard as you can.

Finding permanent and universal causes for misfortune is the practice of despair.

If you don't work on important problems, it's not likely that you'll do important work.

Love is when you come home all tired but the love and passion in your heart make you strong.

Afrikaans is my first language, although you would never know, as my English accent has more of an American-British thing going on from all my years of travelling.