"Oprah is so bright, and her intelligence is so piercing that I don't think anyone who spends a few minutes with her isn't struck by that."

"You can't be responsible for the way people respond to you. You're only responsible for yourself."

"I was very lucky. My parents raised me in such a way that it never occurred to me that I wasn't equal."

"When women work together, it's a bond unlike any other."

"Being an agent gave me a great sense of satisfaction."

"Ignorance is not bliss, but in my case, that was."

"Success doesn't mean that you are healthy, success doesn't mean that you're happy, success doesn't mean that you're rested. Success really doesn't mean that you look good, or feel good, or are good."

"When I became a mature woman, I put both feet firmly on the side of maturity."

"I went to a woman for advice about how to be in business, but I learned a great deal from men."

"I'm about to become a member of the Chemists Society of America. I'm very proud of that."

"I enjoy speaking to other women about turning 50, and how we can enjoy it, and how we can explore it."

"I arrived in California with no job, no car, and no money, but, like millions of other girls, a dream."

"No one can make me work harder than I do, so I'm generally not interested in who I am competing with."

"I grew up thinking that whatever I wanted to do, I could do."

"It is so easy to forget that this is good that we're alive. We should be enjoying this gift of being alive."

"Don't strive to be perfect. Strive for excellence."

"There came a moment in my life when I realized that I had stepped into another part of my life. I used to walk into a room full of people and think, do they like me? And one day I walk in and I thought, do I like them?"

"As the years go by, I've added a few pounds on, and I like it. I like it that I look a little softer."

"If wanted to play a sport, I played a sport. If I wanted to do things that many girls born in 1950 didn't do, I did it."

"I try to treat people the way I would like to be treated, but I can't worry about what everyone's going to think."

"There are two things in life that I really wanted to do: be an actress, and to be in skin care, and I've gotten to do both of them."

"I went to find myself and save myself by being an agent."

"As long as my body is in shape, my mind is working at its full capacity."

"Victory Over Violence is an organization that was created to help fund shelters for women and children."

"I got even with all the bad management I had by being a good manager."

"When I don't plumb the depths or the opportunities of each day, I don't have joy."

"I became so consumed with trying to live up to what the public expected that I lost myself. I don't know of anyone else who can say this."

"When I started Victoria Principal Products, there were 22 full-time employees - they were all women."