Sometimes people say, ‘You’re 44, you’re turning 45, why are you not giving the baton to someone else?’ But I think there’s a lot of women my age, 50, 60, 70 — what, do we have an expiration date? Can we not also still feel sexy? Why do we always have to see 20-year-olds or 30-year-olds in campaigns? Why can an older woman also be in a campaign? So I’m still doing it until I don’t feel like doing it anymore.

Heidi Klum

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I like to dream, but I like to make things happen. by Heidi Klum

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

make-things-happen dream happens

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.

jealousy positive thinking

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

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

given sane long

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.

want-something goal philosophy

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.

russia winter war

I'm European. I don't like wearing tops. And I don't like tan lin... by Heidi Klum

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

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.

right-place passion heart

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.

sharks swimming order

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

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

giving people thinking

I believe that when you put a smile out there, you get a smile ba... by Heidi Klum

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

smile i-believe believe

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.

makeup crazy simple

Never underestimate the power of the ocean. by Heidi Klum

Never underestimate the power of the ocean.

eyebrows underestimate ocean

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.'

grateful fashion husband

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.

figuring-it heartbroken partners

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.

wrinkles running thinking

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

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

having-fun fun beautiful

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.

ballet flying husband

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.

strong-women healthy pounds

You have to just do your thing. As long as you don't hurt anybody... by Heidi Klum

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

Fashion is a very particular world, as you know. by Heidi Klum

Fashion is a very particular world, as you know.

particular fashion world