Quotes from Yolanda Hadid

I believe acknowledging our own mistakes is half the problem solved.

I'm convinced that probably everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. It's just one more reason to always try to be kind.

You don't really know what your children are made of until the mommy engine of the family shuts down, and they are forced to step up and become the care-takers.

Every essential oil has a healing purpose, so I think it's a great gift because it's something that elevates your mood and your health.

Finding that financial independence away from a broken relationship is probably one of the most powerful places a woman can get to.

I never had the college experience, so I have raised my girls to be more work-oriented and motivated to be financially independent.

Even though I struggle with severe diminished brain function, I take 100 percent responsibility for every word that comes out of my mouth and gladly admit to my mistakes.

Looking good and feeling like death is a difficult combination for people to understand.

I wasn't born with a silver spoon in Beverly Hills, but I was born with a great deal of self-worth.

Unfortunately but absolutely fair to all, the one thing money can't buy is health - and happiness.

All of my gifts really come from a place of healing. I have homemade essential oils with a diffuser, which I've given to all my kids.

I love the American openness and use of language; I just don't know how to be that way.

I have never in my life let a man disrespect me, verbally or physically, and that will never change. I feel very strongly about this because it's something my mother instilled in me and that I have instilled in my daughters.

Forgiveness for one's self is the only way we can keep going through life and give ourselves the best chance at being the best people we can be.

As a nurturer, I have always lived my life running for others, trying to make everyone happy, even if I often overlooked my own needs. I do it because it makes me happy and fulfilled.

I understand now that my soul is my power, not perfection or my ego. I continue to teach this to my children, despite their glamorous careers. If we can maintain our core values, the exteriors take second place and become a gift, a source of gratitude.

When struggling to get out of bed in the morning due to pain and exhaustion, the last thing on the priority list is going to get a blow dry.

I was raised in Holland, where race and homosexuality are not a subject matter but rather a part of life.

While the majority of my career has relied on my aesthetics and how I look, I worked hard at keeping a spiritual connection with what was most important, what is inside me.

I think I'm a disciplined mom versus a strict mom. But also, that job - the disciplining was from birth until about 12, and at 12, I set my kids free, and they learned to become independent human beings.

A lot of great medicines and ancient therapies are blocked by the FDA, so that's why I choose to travel and recognize the value of diverse points of view in medicine.