Jada Pinkett Smith
Women, you can have it all - a loving man, devoted husband, loving children, a fabulous career.Collection: Women
My belief is that communication is the best way to create strong relationships.Collection: Communication
People love in different ways. You may have a man who brings you flowers every Monday but doesn't give two hooty-hoots about Valentine's Day. Just because he doesn't give you a valentine doesn't mean he doesn't love you!Collection: Valentines
We have to nurture our young women and understand the beauty and the strength of being a woman. It's kind of a catch-22: Strength in women isn't appreciated, and vulnerability in women isn't appreciated. It's like, 'What the hell do you do?' What you do is you don't allow anyone to dictate who you are.Collection: Beauty
I would say Will came at a time in my life where he saw beauty in me that I didn't see in myself at the time. And, you know, he saw a diamond in the rough and kind of, picked me up and blew off all the dust and said, 'I'm telling you, I'm going to make you shine, girl.'Collection: Beauty
Know this, if someone has cheated on you who truly loves you, they have hurt themselves as much as they have hurt you.
Love and honesty are the things that make a good wife and mother.
I don't really cook much. I'm more of a baker. My favorite things to bake that everybody loves, and I can only keep in the house for about ten minutes, are 7-Up cake and Pineapple Upside-Down cake.
I won't sell my soul to the devil, but I do want success and I don't think that's bad.
It's not about what you tell your children, but how you show them how to live life.
Good mothers make all kinds of choices. Making a decision that might sound selfish does not make a woman a bad mother.
If I had my way, I'd wear jewelry, a great pair of heels and nothing else.
I grew up in a neighborhood in Baltimore that was like a war zone, so I never learned to trust that there were people who could help me.
Tupac and I were just close friends because we had such an insatiable drive and passion for acting and entertainment.
I can't cook! It's genetic. My grandmother can't cook, my mother can't cook. I was raised to believe you eat because your body needs fuel for energy, so I eat super foods.
I've always told Will, 'You can do whatever you want as long as you can look at yourself in the mirror and be okay.' Because at the end of the day, Will is his own man. I'm here as his partner, but he is his own man. He has to decide who he wants to be, and that's not for me to do for him. Or vice versa.
Human spirit, things that aren't tangible, fascinate me, so I'm always researching mind, spirit, soul.
When I'm tired, I rest. I say, 'I can't be a superwoman today.'
I'm extremely ambitious. I don't know why people are afraid to say that. I won't sell my soul to the devil, but I do want success and I don't think that's bad.
We all think there is a formula, (but) as long as we love our children, that's really the only solid thing I know that works across the board.
When we met, I never thought in a million years that Will Smith and I would be together.
I feel a real responsibility to my community and so right now there has been this bizarre myth in our community how our vote doesn't count. I'm trying to get out there and re-educate on how the government works and break that myth and talk about the importance of being involved.
I think women who lead full lives are better mothers.
I just want pieces of the world.
I'm not one about trying to slow things down. What I try to do is create an atmosphere for my family where we can pretty much have whatever.
I'm scared of clowns.
I had to get into a place for myself of thinking what I would create for myself if I didn't have to worry about making money.
I'm in this whole flow of doing certain art pieces without commerce.
I have a thing for doors. I always think of them as a threshold to something new.
For people to be able to sit down together and have a conversation, that's the power of love.
Love is what sometimes holds us and binds us when we're not so happy.
I've always been a caretaker; I think a lot of women are. We take care of everybody else first, and very rarely do we think about ourselves.
I learned that surrounding myself with people who are able to help me is like being surrounded by tangible godliness.
I don't have to go around trying to save everybody anymore; that's not my job.
I don't think it's easy to be married to anyone.
What you're willing to sacrifice is the measurement of how you love - at least it is for me.
Women need to attack those negative voices they have in their head.
Do whatever rejuvenates you. It might be a cooking class, cocktails with the girls, or just private time with the hubby. We all have our moments where we run out of steam because we've given everything we've got to everyone else. Whoever decided that was a good thing? It's not. Everyone needs to refuel.
What is the thing that Will could do to make me not love him? That would make me abandon him? I can't think of one. I'm sorry. Except if he did something bad to the kids - now we've got a problem.
I have been affected by gossip and I know people who have been, too. I've seen marriages destroyed by gossip. It is cruel. At the end of the day, all that matters is: Do you love what you see when you look in the mirror? That is it, baby.
I try my best to confront situations because I know, at the end of the day, you can deal with it or it will deal with you. I've had enough experience to know that that's how it goes down. There's no going around it.
You can be committed to somebody because of ego: 'I said I was going to be with this joker for the rest of my life, so I'm just going to do it.' Or you can be committed because you have a deeply rooted connection.
I never stop being a mother and I never stop being an artist. You understand? Which is probably why my kids are so creative, because it's not separated.
I like a lot of metal music. So that's really what I listen to a lot. Or I listen to a lot of kind of off the cuff, like I love artists like Santigold, or Gold Frapp. Yeah. Pelican. Yeah.
Take responsibility about what you have on your TV, and about what you are out there supporting.
We have to understand that we should, at all times, have the right and the power to make decisions about our bodies. And that is an idea that must be taught at a young age. You can't wait until a person is 18 years old and say, 'Now you have the right'. You have to start that from the gate.
Here's the thing, men have to also mature in how they see women, too. Because they need to understand that it's not just about how we look, it's about who we are. And I am going to tell you like this, 'If you can't love me with short hair, and you telling me I got to have long hair to be loved, guess what, I ain't the one for you.'
I just think, as women, we have to give ourselves room to be individuals. So when a woman makes a decision for herself, we as women shouldn't set those hardcore boundaries for another woman. Just like we don't want men setting hardcore boundaries for us.
When I was growing up, my mother only put her foot down once: She said, 'You are going to college.' And that was a lifesaving moment. But she never talked to me about my clothes or hair. So I learned how to parent my kids through her.
I do a lot of reading, meditating, and praying to stay as grounded as I can be in this crazy world.