Quotes from Kathy Ireland

Because modeling is lucrative, I'm able to save up and be more particular about the acting roles I take.

An agenda is not a bad thing.

I always knew I belonged on the other side of the lens.

Our mission began with finding solutions for families, especially busy moms.

Beauty comes in all ages, colors, shapes, and forms. God never makes junk.

My faith is important. I have nothing without it.

I've learned so many things and a lot of things I've learned the hard way. I look at failure as education in that respect I'm very well educated.

I have to say I've made many mistakes, and been humbled many, many times. But you know what? It's never too late to learn.

I won't give up my day job of design.

I believe there are three keys to success. For me it is keeping my priorities in order: It's my faith and my family, and then the business.

There are a lot of good arguments for birth control, but as far as terminating a life that has already come into existence, I haven't found any.

The only thing Martha and I have in common is that we both used to model. Martha Stewart is extremely talented. Her designs are picture perfect. Our philosophy is life is messy, and rather than being afraid of those messes we design products that work the way we live.

For me the question was, do I want my paycheck to be dependent on how other people think I look?

I'm a curious person. I like to ask questions.

I'm a curious person. I like to ask questions. Well, why? People would say, it's never been done. It's never been done does not mean that it can't be done.

We expanded the brand to include a whole line of apparel and accessories, but we quickly learned that it was not good to have one channel of distribution.

I always ask the question, "Is this what I want in my life?

I would say my sense of adventure outweighs my grace.

I was not making enough time to take care of me.

If we get our self-esteem from superficial places, from our popularity, appearance, business success, financial situation, health, any of these, we will be disappointed, because no one can guarantee that we'll have them tomorrow.

Beauty comes from the inside.

I want to be healthy, to be there for my husband and my kids.

I know that I've been blessed in many ways, and I was fortunate enough to travel the world and meet a lot of interesting people. But I never felt that the modeling career was all that important.

When I used to model, the job description is 'shut up and pose.' There are people today who would really like me to go back to that old job description and 'just shut up and pose.'