Quotes About Success

I always had career goals. And I figured out a path I wanted to take to accomplish those goals. If that meant calling the best modeling agency in the world, that's what it meant.

I would like to say I've achieved goals, but really, modeling is all luck. You're not really achieving anything. The least hardworking person with a special face can be huge and have a whole world of success.

By 17, I was modeling and had bought myself a flat. I've always tried to be self-sufficient.

I've done modeling since I was 18, but it didn't take off until I moved to Los Angeles. Modeling has always been something I've been really good at, and has been something that's helped pay bills.

I entered the modeling industry as a business person already. I always knew I belonged on the other side of the camera.

The world of modeling can be hard; just as cruel as it is glamorous.

I always knew I'd go back to school. Modeling was a means to an end, making money for graduate school.

I hated modeling. I was so scared. But as soon as I started doing jewelry, I did better as a model.

I modeled a little bit in Georgia growing up. I did catalogs and different things, but then when I came to L.A., I became a professional model. It sounds kind of crazy, but in L.A. was when I was able to start making a living from modeling.

With acting, if I'm any good at it, my modeling career would never be a hindrance but would rather be a help. And if I'm not, then it doesn't really matter.

I never thought modeling would become my career. I thought it was something I'd do to pay my way through college.

I don't know why modeling worked for me, because I'm short. But I liked it because it let me buy my own furniture.

Modeling had never entered my consciousness. I was always like, 'I'm going to act.' But I thought, 'If this can help me with that, great.'

My mom was a model. She met my dad when he was building the Ritz-Carlton in Colorado and she was modeling there. Although we were very blessed, my parents never wanted us to believe we didn't have to work. They didn't want us to think that our situation would get us through life.

Modeling wasn't the thing that was going to define me in any way; it was just a way to make a lot of money.

A lot of actresses start out modeling because it's a great way to sort of get your foot in the door. That's all it is, though. They open the door, and you have to walk through it.

Having worked with many of the world's top modeling agencies for the last decade, I've seen what works and doesn't work in managing a model's career.

If it weren't for my Irish dancing, I wouldn't be modeling.

My parents raised me to put school first and modeling and extracurriculars second.

My love for cricket, body-building and martial arts later helped me in modeling and then acting.

I just wanted to be the best dietician in the world - but then modeling took over.

Well, I already had some influence through social media, so modeling is a way to boost that to a higher level.

I started modeling when I was 18, and you know, I work hard.

If I wasn't modelling, I'd probably be an intern somewhere, working for someone who interned the year before me.