“Don’t be afraid of aging. We’ve been aging since we’ve been born and it’s a great thing to get older.”
“The most important thing is to extract the sweetness from life and see the big picture. We know what the stumbling blocks, are but we’re moving forward.”
“Sustaining emotional connections—These are crucial factors.”
“Doing everything we can to keep moving forward.”
“Know who you are, accept who you are, and better the things you don’t like.”
“Men don’t have friends the way that women do. The strength of womanhood—reaching out to, giving to and getting advice from each other—makes us as vital as we are.”
“Maintaining relationships with women has been really important for me. They have been the core of my life.”
Everyone has a talent. You can use your talents and interests to segue into new arenas.
“What’s great is that we know ourselves very well and we’re comfortable with who we are.”
“You have to live your life and make it a verb every day.”
“Don’t look backwards because we can’t change things that have already happened; and we can’t really look forward, because who knows what will happen. Live in the present.”
“I want to tell younger people you have to enjoy life each day, and not put off things until ‘you retire’.”
“Keep learning, because that will keep you young.”
“I would want to tell the generation behind us that you need to spend time getting to know yourself and who you are. You need to realize you can do more than you think you can do. You need to have a sense of humor, because if you don’t laugh at some of these things life can get pretty serious.”