Heidi Klum Quotes

I think it's important to get your surroundings as well as yourself into a positive state - meaning surround yourself with positive people, not the kind who are negative and jealous of everything you do.

I think you always need to try your best, but at the same time you can only do what you can do. Don't beat yourself up about it.

I'm not white-picket-fence perfect.

I was determined to experience the birth, and I am so scared at the thought of having my abdomen cut open. So I was lucky that the birth went very smoothly.

I like to dream, but I like to make things happen.

It's important to keep a balanced diet, but I'm not a fan of deprivation. If I want a cheeseburger, I am not only going to eat that cheeseburger, but I'm going to enjoy that cheeseburger.

Modeling is a great job to be in. You travel the world. You stay in one of the most fantastic places in the world. It is not always as glamorous as it looks, it's a lot of hard work, too, but it's a lot of fun at the same time.

You should spend your money on some nice lingerie. Big wool cotton pants, that just doesn't work. You have to feel sexy.

Sexy for me is a curvy woman - doesn't have to be skinny, which I hate anyway. I'm glad [the fashion industry] is changing slowly a little bit now to get more into the boobs and hips again.

I represent more the healthy, happy, curvy, strong woman. And that sounds much healthier to me than being 80 pounds and skinny as a bean.

Pursue success, long after any sane person would have given up.

Because I'm on the runway with some of the best models in the industry.

My career never suffered from my not being skinny. I never did catwalk work because I was always too big. I couldn't get the clothes over my hips.

I'm not saying that everyone should swim with sharks, but sometimes you have to jump over your own shadow in order to learn something that you will never forget for the rest of your life. Then you know you can conquer your fears.

I'm quite scared of flying, and especially helicopters, I don't like them at all.

I believe that when you put a smile out there, you get a smile back.

Keep it simple. You don't want to overdo it with too much makeup or crazy, over-the-top hairstyles. Let your natural beauty show through.

If you are talented, you can really do anything. And if your heart is at the right place and you have the passion for it, you can go for it and do it.

I think you just have to be comfortable in your skin. But, I'm a nudist in any case. I've never had a problem with my body and I don't really care what people think, so I have bottoms on and pretty much go topless, or also when we shoot - we did a lot of nude pictures today, too - it doesn't bother me in the slightest.

I think if you put a smile on people's faces, they give that back to you.

I've been heartbroken. I've broken hearts. That's part of life, and its part of figuring out who you are so you can find the right partner.

You have to treat yourself every once in a while, get to the fun stuff!

Have fun - a smile is the most beautiful thing on a woman.

I don't think of getting older as looking better or worse; it's just different. You change, and that's OK. Life is about change. I don't have anxiety about it, so I'm not running to get Botox. Maybe that will change, but I don't think so. I feel comfortable in my skin and comfortable with ageing, so I think it's okay that I get wrinkles.

Never underestimate the power of the ocean.

No Botox. I don't think I will go there. I don't want to say never, because who knows? Maybe in 10 years I will.

Some people are born skinny, and that's just the way it is. You can't point a finger at them and say they're ill or anorexic. It isn't fair to people born that way.

We have a saying in Germany. It is better to have loved and lost than to engage in a land war with Russia in the winter.

I don't think it makes a difference if you have children or you don't have children. I think it's all in the head about how you feel and, I don't know, I always like to be active and work out and eat right and just be active so I never see it as, oh when you're a mom you can't be sexy or you can't be in lingerie anymore looking good.

I'd say I'm a good cook. I have a lot of German recipes that I can make - schnitzel, meatballs and things with cabbage. I love cabbage.

My philosophy is that, in life, you have to want something. If you just say "la-la-la" and go through life without a goal, nothing will happen.

You have to just do your thing. As long as you don't hurt anybody along the way.

I'm European. I don't like wearing tops. And I don't like tan lines.

I'm a lioness. I have four cubs. I'm a mom. I want to take care of my kids and protect them.

I learned from working in the fashion world that if I have a day when I feel slapped in the face, or if someone has been mean, I just have to get back up and it will be another day. I think about what I'm grateful for. I look at my kids and my husband and think, 'Wow, I'm a really lucky person.'

It's important to teach your kids the value of being active by setting a good example.

I'm quite good at multitasking, but I have to do things immediately.

If we don't take that time (to be romantic), then it's karate, then it's ballet, and then there's Christmas, and then my husband is flying off to tour around the world.

I have a whole army of pajamas.

For me, life is about enjoying yourself because you only live once. We should try to make the most of things and follow our dreams.

A sense of duty - you only really get this feeling when you have a child. You always only used to be responsible for yourself and then there is also a child.

I'm never uncomfortable being naked. I don't have a problem with my body.

Nothing sexy about pregnancy.

Well, I was already so happy being chosen to do the issue itself, that when I got on the cover, it was even more of a surprise and even more amazing to me.

A pair of black Louboutin's... and that's it!

I don't really care if they like me or not.

I can't look in the mirror and look at fake things. I just can't. I'd rather age.

I never went to a modeling school, and I don't suggest to anybody that they go to a modeling school.

Sure, climbing Mount Everest would be cool, but that's something I would now like to do as a family. Big experiences like that I don't want to have on my own anymore. I want to share them.

The main thing is healthy eating, exercise, which I do for special events, like if it's Sports Illustrated, or the swim suit catalogue for Victoria's Secret, or my own calendar that I did for the year 2000.