Laura Whitmore Quotes

My mother raised three kids on her own, so I was taught that to be a working mom was a good thing.

My mother was a single mom, and most of the women I know are strong.

I think it's good for moms to work. I have three daughters, so I like them to see me working and doing something I'm passionate about.

Women were going back to work, they were assuming their own power. They didn't have time to sit under the dryer.

As a working woman, thinking back to someone I'd want to see on TV growing up are women who can make something of themselves and their future.

I have two sons and I have taught them to respect women. They have also seen how I, a single mother, have raised them.

I never wanted to be a trophy wife. I wanted to make it on my own. I didn't want to depend on a man.

People see I am a mother and head of a household. Today in Chile, one-third of households are run by women. They wake up, take the children to school, go to work. To them I am hope.

It's a notion that career-oriented women often neglect their families. But we should cut them some flak; these women are doing everything for the sake of family so that it progresses. I believe when kids see their mothers working hard, they take up responsibilities at home and are far more well-turned out than other children.

Until women learn to want economic independence, and until they work out a way to get this independence without denying themselves the joys of love and motherhood, it seems to me feminism has no roots.

I have lived with extraordinary women, whether it was my grandmother, my mother. My father passed away when I was 16... I was witness to a woman who single handedly brought up the entire family and managed to do everything... She was an extraordinary role model for me.

I think, now that I am a mother, I look at other mums like Jo Pavey and just mums that go back to work and work incredibly hard, and I have so much admiration and appreciation for how hard it is.

I think it's very important for children to understand that women work and that it's fulfilling, and it doesn't mean that they love you any less or care about you any less.

My mother has been a wonderful model for the professional woman - a loving mother dedicated to both her family and her work. She inspired me, made me proud, and developed in me an enormous respect for women in general.

I believe that to get what you want as a woman is to use your brain, to have a job, and to not need someone or have to make decisions based on that.

Showing that you can be sexy, strong and independent is the best thing about being a Diva. It's a great inspiration for other people.

I'm not an interior designer - I'm a normal working mum who wants her house to look good and doesn't need a man to do it for her.

Rey is so strong. She's cool and smart and she can look after herself. Young girls can look at her and know that they can wear trousers if they want to. That they don't have to show off their bodies.

I think a Maybelline girl represents such an amazing thing - a girl that's independent and strong and can maneuver the city by herself and, you know, really the New York girl, which girls all over the world look up to. So to be able to represent that girl is so amazing. And also to adventure in New York with the Maybelline team will be really fun.

I think a lot of girls look up to me because I'm a strong woman.

I have a different mentality when it comes to catering to a man, I just won't allow it. Don't get me wrong, I'll do for you but I'm not taking care of no man and catering to him for life; he better be bringing something to the table. I learned that from my mother and my grandmother.

I was raised to be an independent woman, not the victim of anything.

I consider myself to be a very strong, independent woman.

I grew up with just my mom. She and I were like best friends. She's a very independent woman and I admire that about her. In my life, I've tried to be like that. To be okay with being on my own and being independent.

Reese Witherspoon is my everywoman. She's managed to have a family and this amazing career. That's the goal.