Angelina Jolie
The Oscar winner, who has worked with organizations like UNICEF and is a UN Goodwill Ambassador, makes it a priority to share those same humanitarian values with her six children.
"With my family, I'm trying to raise them to have respect for all people and make friends around the world and feel at home with the world and really live a truly global [life]," she told NBC News in 2011. "I think it's what forms them and it's really important to me."
Khloe Kardashian
"I know it’s cliché, but I love everything, even the hard parts," the Kardashians star—mom to daughter True and son Tatum with ex Tristan Thompson—said of motherhood in a 2022 interview with Elle. "[My kids] challenge me as a person, and being able to shape little people into really incredible big people is an honor and a gift."
"We have to take those roles seriously, especially in today’s day and age, with how much accessibility children have and the information they’re exposed to so young," she added. "It’s super scary, but I take my job very seriously. I love it so much."
Kim Kardashian
"I have such unconditional love for my kids," the Keep Up With the Kardashians alum—who shares North, Saint, Chicago and Psalm with ex-husband Kanye West—wrote on her website in 2017. "No matter what, I will always love them and support them in anything they choose to do in life."
"My family was so close growing up; now that I'm a mom, I understand the bond my mom and dad felt with us," she continued. "There can be ups and downs with kids but no matter what, I always learn so much from them. Being a mom is the most important job I have."
Kylie Jenner
In a 2018 interview, the Kylie Cosmetics founder shared how much her mindset has changed since giving birth to Stormi that year.
"I think more about the future because of her. Every time I leave and I'm stressed about leaving her, I'm like, ‘I'm doing it for you,'" Kylie—who also shares son Aire with ex Travis Scott—told London Evening Standard. "Everyone says you change completely when you become a mom, but I really feel the same, just better."
Kourtney Kardashian
The Poosh creator shares kids Mason, Penelope and Reign with ex Scott Disick. She's also mom to son Rocky with husband Travis Barker.
"It's definitely my favorite role in life," she said of motherhood in a 2012 interview with Parents. "It has changed me and made me realize there is nothing else I would rather do with my time. Being a mom is what life is about. I hope people realize what the priorities in life should be and know not everything has to be perfect."
Kristin Cavallari
As mom to kids Camden, Jaxon and Saylor with ex Jay Cutler, the Laguna Beach alum told Modeliste Magazine in 2016, "There's just so much more love in your life. I finally feel like I have a real identity"
"I feel like I have a purpose here in life now," she added. "I'm a mom to these three amazing little babies, and my whole world just kind of opened up."
Shay Mitchell
"As soon as I found out I was pregnant," the Pretty Little Liars actress—who shares daughters Atlas and Rome with Matte Babel—said in a 2023 interview with Byrdie, "I put the old version of myself aside, and a new chapter began."
And that meant reprioritizing her life.
"I never want my children to say I work too much," she continued. "When I'm putting them to bed or having a meal with them, I put my phone down. They're growing up so quickly, and I don't want to look back and think, 'I missed this because of a work function.'"
Hilary Duff
The Lizzie McGuire alum is mom to son Luca with her ex-husband Mike Comrie. she also shares daughters Banks, Mae and Townes with husband Matthew Koma.
"I don't always balance it all," she admitted of her parenting duties in a 2018 interview with E! News, "I do the best that I can, and some months are crazier than others."
Still, Duff considers herself "a mother first."
"My decision-making process is like, 'Hey can I make this work?'" she said of finding family time in her busy work life. "I've been doing this for a while so I do have a strong work ethic, and I have a lot of people around me that help keep my schedule straight and plan and know where my priorities lie."
Beyoncé
The powerhouse singer is a huge inspiration to all of us, but turns out the mother of Blue, Rumi and Sir—who she shares with husband Jay-Z—also makes sure to be the same for her own children.
"It just gives you purpose and all of the things that my self-esteem was associated it, it's all completely different," she said of motherhood in a 2012 interview with Anderson Cooper. "I realized why I was born and more than anything all of the things I want to pass onto my child and the best way of doing that is not by preaching or telling her but showing her by example."
Anne Hathaway
For the Devil Wears Prada star, becoming a mom was a groundbreaking experience in both personal and work life.
“I don't think it's necessary to be a mother to play a mother. I think that should be open to lots of different actors," she told People in 2024, adding that welcoming sons Jonathan and Jack with husband Adam Shulman helped her gain an understanding of "the depth of love" maternal characters can feel.
Mindy Kaling
The Mindy Project actress—who is mom to kids Katherine, Spencer and Anne—said she feels "so much more happy and confident after having children."
"In each subsequent year of my life, I'm just feeling happier and happier," she told ABC News in 2021, "and I am amazed at that,"
Mila Kunis
Though she played one of the titular Bad Moms in the 2016 comedy, the actress couldn't be a better parent to her kids Wyatt and Dimitri, who she shares with Ashton Kurcher.
"I reprioritized my life, in all honesty," Kunis said of her motherhood journey in a 2016 interview with Entertainment Tonight. "I traveled through all my 20s and I was very selfish—in a good way, not in a way I regret. And I think having a kid made me realize how incredibly selfless I want to be."
Megan Fox
The Transformers actress—who shares kids Noah, Bodhi and Journey with her ex-husband Brian Austin Green, as well as daugther Saga with ex-fiancé Machine Gun Kelly—has a lovely approach to her parenting style.
"I don't think I need to teach my children with harsh words or with punishment. I believe that if I love them the right way, there's no need for that," she told Harper's Bazaar Arabia in 2015. "I'm a free-spirit mother."
Blake Lively
The Gossip Girl alum and Ryan Reynolds' couple goals include being amazing parents to four children, including all the funny moments that come with being a parent.
"It's tough when you get pooped on and barfed on, but having a baby is wonderful," Lively joked to NW Magazine in 2016. "Even when it's tough and I'm exhausted, I think, 'I am so fortunate.'"