Best 51 quotes of Christy Turlington on MyQuotes

All women deserve access to care that can save their lives.

A lot of people have questioned how yoga and their own spiritual beliefs can come together. Yoga actually pre-dates religion.

Any spirituality can be enhanced with the practice or study of yoga.

As long as I was breathing with the contractions and not pushing against them, I felt better. That idea is fundamental-to feel pain and not to resist; to go towards it. It is an incredibly spiritual practice.

Ayurveda is a sister philosophy to yoga. It is the science of life or longevity and it teaches about the power and the cycles of nature, as well as the elements.

Being of service to others daily makes me feel alive.

Going to a fashion show is almost as painful as being in one.

I am passionate about any effort to achieve social justice and equality, particularly for women.

I don't really have an anti-aging strategy. I accept it. It is what it is. I think about how I feel. So to me, yoga and running and doing work that is meaningful to me is the best way to look and feel good. I think happiness and living a life that you feel good in and you don't feel compromised - that all makes a big difference to the way that you look. I don't give a lot of thought to aging.

I don't think that artists of any kind would or could sacrifice their artistic freedom by being more responsible with their influence on people, especially young people.

I'd rather go naked than wear fur.

If you truly want to make an impact on the world, you can and you will.

I have lots of other mountains that I would like to climb. I have no dream of Everest, but there are some, like Mount Fuji, I'd like to do.

I love fashion, but I'm not obsessed with it.

I KNOW THAT I CAN'T SOLVE ALL THE MATERNAL HEALTH CHALLENGES IN THE WORLD BY MYSELF. I NEED AND WANT OTHERS TO JOIN ME.

I'm not entirely comfortable with myself in underwear.

I never looked at magazines before I started modeling. I was 13 or 14 and none of my friends were into magazines. We were into the fashion of the day, though. Designer jeans were really popular - Sasson, Gloria Vanderbilt, Calvin Klein, Jordache. Once I started modeling, I began to learn about these things, and magazines helped me to understand who was who.

In retrospect, I think a lot of '80s fashion shoots are the ones that look the most modern. The fitness-based ones that are really minimal. It's clean, healthy, t-shirt, beach hair... it's athleisure.

I really wanted to share with people the day-to-day joys that yoga can bring into one's life-not just the physical aspects.

I sincerely feel that beauty largely comes from within.

I survived a potentially life-threatening childbirth-related complication after delivering my daughter. I learned that hundreds of thousands of girls and women die each year due to similar and often manageable complications. They die because they don't have access to critical maternity care that could easily save their lives.

I think a lot of little girls like riding, but sadly not that many people live in a place where it's an option.

I think most people are curious about what it would be like to be able to meet yourself - -it's eerie.

It is better to not even try it than to endure the ramifications of either quitting smoking or dying.

It is education that will arm us with the tools that will enable us to succeed and put a stop to the rising rates of preventable death.

It is possible to experience an awakening in this life through realising just how precious each moment, each mental process, and each breath truly is.

I was never directly pressured by peers, but by surrounding myself with others who were experimenting with smoking provided a certain false comfort.

I would be very proud to have influenced anyone that I know or don't know to quit smoking.

Love is connection with others. Union with another human being or living thing. That's also Yoga.

Modeling is a profession where your worth is tied up with looks.

Most of us harbour a significant amount of subconscious fear about death, and act out of this fear in our daily lives.

My middle name is Nicole. It's so weird because my mom is from El Salvador, but my sisters and I have Irish names - Christy, Kelly, and Erin. And Christy and Kelly, they're not even girls' names! In Ireland, they're boys' names. And somehow, my mom was in El Salvador dreaming about Shamrocks before we were born.

Nicotine is both a stimulant and a depressant, so that can make one feel quite imbalanced.

Parents should not smoke in order to discourage their kids from smoking. A child is more likely to smoke when they have been raised in the environment of a smoker.

Participating in a sisterhood with other women is hugely important in my life and a source of joy.

People always think that if you eat anything as a model, it's amazing. I used to tease them and say, you know I'm going to throw up afterwards.

Pranayama is the practice of breath control. The word prana refers not only to breath, but also to air and life itself.

Sacred spaces can be created in any environment.

So much of religion is exegesis. I would rather follow in the footprints of Christ than all of the dogma.

That's a girl's life for the rest of her days- somewhere between a lollipop and shots.

The seated lotus postures are an amazing way to go into meditation, or simply just to take a moment to ground oneself.

We should all reevaluate advertising that contradicts what we know to be the truth; especially when the ads are harmfully manipulative.

When you are balanced and when you listen and attend to the needs of your body, mind, and spirit, your natural beauty comes out.

Yoga has brought me to the part of religion I really like - the positive sides of religion, the parts we all share, rather than the things that create separation.

Yoga gave me the ability to calm down.

Yoga has brought me closer to myself. It's helped me realize the interconnectedness of the mind, body and spirit, in the Buddhist sense of the word.

Yoga has reinforced and grounded my own spiritual beliefs.

Yoga is about compassion and generosity towards others. It means being mindful of the world around us.

Yoga is an integral part of my daily routine. That definitely helps me approach all aspects of my life from a place of mindfulness and clarity, through the meditation that usually accompanies this practice.

Yoga is so universal in its principles and so holistically beneficial, it is possible for any person, young or old, religious or agnostic, to embrace and enjoy a practice.