Top 40 Kathy Ireland Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “In business it’s about people. It’s about relationships.”

— Kathy Ireland

2. “Keep integrity and your work ethics intact. So what if that means working a little harder; an honorable character is your best calling card, and that’s something anyone can have!”

— Kathy Ireland

3. “Beauty comes from the inside.”

— Kathy Ireland

4. “I’m a curious person. I like to ask questions.”

— Kathy Ireland

5. “Rejection is a gift and failure is the best educator, so when someone knocks you down, get back up!”

— Kathy Ireland

6. “If you’re not being rejected regularly – maybe you’re not trying hard enough.”

— Kathy Ireland

7. “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.”

— Kathy Ireland

8. “It’s never been done doesn’t mean it can’t be done.”

— Kathy Ireland

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

— Kathy Ireland

10. “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.”

— Kathy Ireland

11. “Maintain a good balance. A personal life adds dimensions to your professional life and vice versa. It helps nurture creativity through a deeper understanding of yourself.”

— Kathy Ireland

12. “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.”

— Kathy Ireland

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

— Kathy Ireland

14. “I was 40 before I learned that ‘No’ was a complete sentence.”

— Kathy Ireland

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

— Kathy Ireland

16. “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.”

— Kathy Ireland

17. “I won’t give up my day job of design.”

— Kathy Ireland

18. “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.”

— Kathy Ireland

19. “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.”

— Kathy Ireland

20. “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.”

— Kathy Ireland

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

— Kathy Ireland

22. “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.”

— Kathy Ireland

23. “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.”

— Kathy Ireland

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

— Kathy Ireland

25. “Don’t just work for the money; that will bring only limited satisfaction.”

— Kathy Ireland

26. “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.”

— Kathy Ireland

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

— Kathy Ireland

28. “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.”

— Kathy Ireland

29. “I always knew I belonged on the other side of the lens.”

— Kathy Ireland

30. “An agenda is not a bad thing.”

— Kathy Ireland

31. “Twelve million children in the United States face hunger every day. Bringing an end to this terrible situation is a passion I share with my friends in the entertainment industry. Together we can end hunger.”

— Kathy Ireland

32. “I think I’m too much of a control freak.”

— Kathy Ireland

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

— Kathy Ireland

34. “What they thought was important. I don’t judge what other people do, many...”

— Kathy Ireland

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

— Kathy Ireland

36. “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.”

— Kathy Ireland

37. “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.”

— Kathy Ireland

38. “Jesus was nothing like I thought – He wasn’t condemning. He was loving and leading.”

— Kathy Ireland

39. “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.”

— Kathy Ireland

40. “I would say my sense of adventure outweighs my grace.”

— Kathy Ireland

41. “I know my strengths. Painfully aware of the weaknesses. There’s many. I love sports. So working towards a common goal, that’s exciting to me.”

— Kathy Ireland

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

— Kathy Ireland

43. “I like to experiment a lot and invent things.”

— Kathy Ireland

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

— Kathy Ireland

45. “I made the intentional choice to step behind the camera.”

— Kathy Ireland

46. “My faith is important. I have nothing without it.”

— Kathy Ireland

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

— Kathy Ireland