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?

- Victoria Principal

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

- Victoria Principal

It used to be you wanted to marry up.

- Victoria Principal

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

- Victoria Principal

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

- Victoria Principal

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

- Victoria Principal

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

- Victoria Principal

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.

- Victoria Principal

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.

- Victoria Principal

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

- Victoria Principal

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.

- Victoria Principal

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

- Victoria Principal

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

- Victoria Principal

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

- Victoria Principal

I'm generally competing with the ideal I have set for myself, and I've found that served me very well.

- Victoria Principal

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

- Victoria Principal

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

- Victoria Principal

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.

- Victoria Principal

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

- Victoria Principal

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.

- Victoria Principal