Kathy Ireland Quotes

The mission statement of my company, Kathy Ireland Worldwide, is to find solutions for families, especially busy moms. I'm reaching out to busy moms because that's what I am. That's what I know, and I know this woman has been underserved.

So many young people say, 'I'm just going to see what happens.' It's so much more powerful to make things happen and have a plan.

It's important to find one that complements your body and not try to fit into something that doesn't work.

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

What they thought was important. I don't judge what other people do, many ...

We need to support these women who are in crisis pregnancy situations.

I would say my sense of adventure outweighs my grace.

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.

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.

It's been an extraordinary journey. I have learned so much along the way. I entered the modeling industry as a business person already. I always knew I belonged on the other side of the camera.

An agenda is not a bad thing.

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

That was never on my radar, traffic stopping. It was never important to me.

I work with wonderful people who support me. And, my beliefs are that the business needs to serve the family rather than the family serve the business.

I like to experiment a lot and invent things.

Modeling was another job like some of the other ones I had. Working as a cashier, I delivered newspapers, I worked in a retirement home feeding elderly people ... so I never stopped and thought about, boy, I'm a successful model.

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

It's never been done doesn't mean it can't be done.

I have no choice but to defend the most vulnerable among us.

Beauty comes from the inside.

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

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.

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.'

I made the intentional choice to step behind the camera.

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

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.

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

I intentionally built a business that has absolutely nothing to do with appearance.

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.

The entire time I was modeling, I was trying and failing at businesses. In fact, we would have started our business much sooner had I been more successful.

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

I feel I'm able to serve my customer by knowing what she or he wants. One of the ways I'm able to do this is through my website, and email: people give me great ideas, tell me what they want, what they don't want. It's really instrumental, and helps me stay in touch with people.

My faith is important. I have nothing without it.

My family gave me values that have sustained me through situations that would challenge any person. My personal relationship with the Lord inspires me in all I do.