Molly Qerim Quotes

I want people to live to their full potential, not to hold themselves back because of insecurities, and especially not women. I see too much of that.

Women need opportunity and encouragement. If a girl can climb mountains, she can do anything positive within her field of work.

I wish I could just go tell all the young women I work with, all these fabulous women, 'Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.' I wish I could tell that to my daughter. But it's not that simple.

My profession has helped me to grow up.

I've always liked to think I could do anything I wished as well as - if not better than - a man. But I wasn't very good at rally driving.

Girls think that being glamorous means making mistakes and being irresponsible. And that's just not true. The smarter you are, the better prepared you are to make decisions in your life, the more likely you are to lead a satisfying life and be glamorous and fun and anything you want to be.

Women have to be able to look at themselves in the mirror as men do and say, “I see a presidential candidate!”

With age, I've gained confidence.

I've come to realize I'm a professional, no matter if I'm 38, no matter if I'm 19 or 20. I'm a professional.

There were always people in the audience that judged me on the way I looked. They just assumed, because I was a girl, that I wasn't going to be any good, and it motivated me to improve and nail it every night.

I hope that women know that they can and should try everything they're interested in - with the confidence that men have had.

When women apply for a job, we ask ourselves, 'Am I qualified? Do I have the experience? Do I have the education? Do I have the abilities?' When a man looks at that job, he thinks, 'How much does it pay?' We need to stop second-guessing our abilities. We need to stand up and make ourselves heard.

My mother taught me early on not to be afraid to put myself out there - especially as a woman.

I feel the first ten years of my career I really didn't care what the director said because I felt so arrogant. I was so certain about what should happen. But then I became a good listener.

I grew up in a bit of a feminist fantasy with a single mom. I was totally shielded, in a way, from an idea that I couldn't do something.

We finally have a damn voice. We feel like actual artists. We were little babies in the beginning. Now we're becoming big girls.

I want to be remembered as a Miss Universe who overcame her fears and helped other women overcome theirs.

If you can't see it, you can't be it. It's just having those brilliant women break out and do something - then other girls can say, 'I can do it, too!'

Positive thinking will let you use the abilities, training and experience you have.

I'm getting older. I'm getting sexier. I'm getting meaner. I can still do what I do.

It's all about finding your voice in whatever your profession... it helps your confidence.

I used to be younger than my producers but now I'm older than my producers and I think that works for me, that works better cause you get a good kick up the ... everyday.

I feel very lucky to be making good work still. The confidence of youth, or that sort of competitiveness you get when you're 22 or 23, the impatience - that's probably been tempered. Hopefully I'm slightly better company.

It's so easy to do things you like. But then, the thing is, when you're afraid of something, face it; go for it. You become a better human being.

I feel - as I'm edging to my thirties, I feel like a stronger person and a more confident person.