13 Blake Lively Quotes You Need in Your Life
We've always admired Blake Lively's career — from her early days as Serena Van Der Woodsen on Gossip Girl, to her turn as Bridget in the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants movies, to her upcoming role in Paul Feig's A Simple Favor. But we also admire the way she lives her life off-screen, which includes parenting two adorable daughters with husband Ryan Reynolds. Click through for some of her best quotes on life, love, motherhood, work, and confidence. (Photos via Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for Gabriela Cadena + Matt Winkelmeyer/MG18/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue + Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images + Mike Coppola/Getty Images for People.com)
On character: "I think that onscreen — at least in the mainstream — complicated women are black-and-white. They're villains, or they're heroic," she told Glamour in 2017. "And that's just not real life…. We all have a lightness, and we all have darkness, and we all have plenty of shades in between." (Photo via Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images)
On her definition of success: "The only time I've ever done something and felt real reward is when I've done something that's incredibly risky, because without great risks it's impossible to have huge success," she told Vogue when she shuttered Preserve in 2015. "I don't mean financial success, I mean personal success, pride, happiness in what you've done. And the only times that I have felt that are the times that I have really put myself out on the line and done something that really scared me — and I know that sounds like something out of a Hallmark card, but this feels like something I really have to do." (Photo via Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
On body image and self-love: "The past few months, I've learned to love my body in every iteration," she told Vogue in February 2017. "And it's a challenge. It's something that I have to remind myself of every single time I put on an outfit that doesn't fit like it used to — or doesn't fit at all! You have to learn to forgive yourself — to say, 'I'm working. I'm a dedicated mother. I'm a good friend. I'm a great wife.' Try not to beat yourself up about it." (Photo via Mike Coppola/Getty Images for People.com)
On forging her own path: "I feel like there are so many people I admire for so many reasons that I can't look at one person's life and say, 'I want that life,'" she told Ben Affleck for Interview Magazine in 2010. "I want to make my own history." (Photo via Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)
On relationships: "If I'm not with somebody who really excites or inspires me, then I'd rather be by myself," she told Marie Claire in 2012. (Photo via Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
On rumors: "I've never been a big fan of gossip," she told People in 2007. "Being a victim of it, I knew how much it hurt." (Photo via Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
On sexism and empowering her daughters: "There would never be any negative connotation for a man being a boss, so to add a negative connotation on a woman being bossy? It's belittling," she told Glamour in 2017. "And it doesn't encourage them to be a boss. So do I know how to be the best parent for a daughter? No, I have no idea. All I can do is share what I'm thinking — and learn from others." (Photo via Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for Gabriela Cadena)
On the best advice she's ever received: "My mom taught us that 'no' doesn't exist," she told Harper's Bazaar UK in 2014. "There's no reason you can't do anything you want to do." (Photo via Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)
On aging: "People are obsessed with beauty and youth and with looking and feeling young forever," she told Allure in 2015. "But look at a woman who is granted that: She's trapped, because it's tragic to be young forever. And also, having a child makes you realize that we pass on for a reason. You think, I have to go, because it makes room for you." (Photo via Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
On what she wants to teach her daughters: "We're all born feeling perfect until somebody tells us we're not," she told Glamour in September 2017. "So there's nothing I can teach my daughter [James]. She already has all of it. The only thing I can do is protect what she already feels." (Photo via Bryce Vickmark/Getty Images)
On motherhood: "Family is at the heart of everything I do," she told People in January 2015. "This is the happiest time in my life, and I could say that every day. I often feel like, 'I can’t believe I’m experiencing this.'" (Photo via Matt Winkelmeyer/MG18/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)
On her ever-evolving style: "I should hope I dress differently at 25 than I did when I graduated high school," she told E! News in 2013. "I hope I never stop changing." (Photo via Mike Coppola/Getty Images for People.com)
On her personal motto: "The most beautiful thing you can wear is confidence," she told Harper's Bazaar UK in April 2014. (Photo via Tristan Fewings/Getty Images)
