Laura Whitmore Quotes

I get paralyzingly nervous a lot of times, so I tried bravado. The way I dress and carry myself, a lot of people find it intimidating. I think my whole career can be boiled down to the one word I always say in meetings: 'strength.'

I'm not really well educated - other than an art survey course at the High School of Art and Design in New York when I was, like, 15. I don't know the history of art, but I got over intimidation from the art world when I realized that I was allowed to feel whatever I want and like whatever I want.

I was very nervous about taking on an empire that was richer and far more powerful than I will ever be. It was very daunting.

I thought, if a man has a girl's name and he's still scaring people, then maybe I should try doing it so I can be that guy.

I remember having a conversation with Drake just before I signed. He said, 'Make sure that, whatever you do, your opponent is scared of you.' That really stuck with me.

If I had to give you one piece of advice it would be this: don't be intimidated by other people's opinions.

It is pleasant to be transferred from an office where one is afraid of a sergeant-major into an office where one can intimidate generals, and perhaps this is why history is so attractive to the more timid among us. We can recover self-confidence by snubbing the dead.

I'm not writing about things other women do. I'm writing for other women to have more self-confidence because I need it myself! And if more women were in power, I would feel more comfortable.

DCI Horner's advice to Jack Spratt: "Remember, m'boy," his old boss had said, eyes twinkling, "that if anyone tries to get the better of you, stand up straight and say to yourself in an imperious air, 'I am the new Mrs. de Winter now!' You'll find it works wonders.

But who are we, really? Just a bundle of good genes and bad genes mixed with good habits and bad habits. And since there's no gene for coolness or confidence, then being uncool and unconfident are just bad habits, which can be changed with enough guidance and will power.

Somebody thinking that they can make noise intimidate me is comical.

Put your foot upon the neck of the fear of criticism by reaching a decision not to worry about what other people think, do, or say.

You have to be yourself. You have to go up and you just have to do it.

If you don't think that you're the best, how do you become the best?

One shouldn't allow oneself to be intimidated by something that can be picked up and tucked under one's arm.

Just trust yourself and you'll learn the art of living.

A strong woman who recklessly throws away her strength, she is worse than a weak woman who has never had any strength to throw away.

We really damage our own confidence when we put ourselves down, so I try not to.

The moment anyone tries to demean or degrade you in any way, you have to know how great you are. Nobody would bother to beat you down if you were not a threat.

Instead of being insecure and jealous and suspicious and wonder if every guy is going to cheat on me, I decided to say, "Nope. This will be totally enough for somebody one day." That was a real script flip and it changed the rest of my life in such a positive way. So I feel like I want to teach stuff like that to my girls.

To be honest, I felt more myself with that haircut. I felt bold, and it felt empowering because it was my choice. It felt sexy too. Maybe it was the bare neck, but for some reason I felt super-, supersexy.

Everyone holds a certain type of power. For young people, it's their youth, their attractiveness, and their energy. But they're terrified that as those qualities fade, what are they going to replace that form of power with?

If you are sad, if you are heartbroken, make yourself up, dress up, add more lipstick and attack.

Thank you for this lovely blunt object that I will forevermore use as a weapon against self-doubt.

Whatever it takes to make you more secure with yourself, you can learn to do it.