Loretta Young Quotes & Sayings

No one is ever too old, too rich, too poor, to pray. — Loretta Young

I've learned that getting what you want gives you a pretty high batting average, and leaves you plenty to struggle for. — Loretta Young

I believe that prayer is our powerful contact with the greatest force in the universe. — Loretta Young

Wearing the correct dress for any occasion is a matter of good manners. — Loretta Young

Like charity, I believe glamour should begin at home. — Loretta Young

When I left 20th Century-Fox to freelance, my agent believed that getting big money was the way to establish real importance in our industry. — Loretta Young

Glamour is something no woman can be born with. It's not a gift at all. It's more of a concoction than anything else. — Loretta Young

If you use disappointments as sort of mid- semester exams, for learning, you will learn that every disappointment you overcome makes you stronger- and wiser. The greatest success stories have been lived by those who had to grow strong and wise in that very way. — Loretta Young

Unless some misfortune has made it impossible, everyone can have good posture. — Loretta Young

There is no personal achievement in being born beautiful. — Loretta Young

I was as impatient about finding my dream man as I was about everything else I wanted. — Loretta Young

Selfishness and self-absorption are deadly charm-exterminators. — Loretta Young

A charming woman ... doesn't follow the crowd. She is herself. — Loretta Young

Your hands, your eyes, your voice, your thoughts are your servants. — Loretta Young

As an actress, I have to be objective about myself. If I don't criticize myself, there are plenty who will do a find job of it for me! — Loretta Young

I don't know many ambition- ridden people who really enjoy themselves. Even success doesn't seem to still the insatiable, gnawing hunger of their ambition. Ambition is a good gift, but it cannot be all. — Loretta Young

The split second she ceases to care is the only time a woman ceases to be attractive. — Loretta Young

I believe in living today. Not in yesterday, nor in tomorrow. — Loretta Young

What you don't know intrigues you more than what you do know. — Loretta Young

A pleasant voice, which has to include clear enunciation, is not only attractive to those who hear it ... its appeal is permanent. — Loretta Young

Certainly tears are given to us to use. Like all good gifts, they should be used properly. — Loretta Young

In silence - and in self-defense - I figured things out in my own little way. — Loretta Young

I think making mistakes is as inevitable as receiving disappointments. — Loretta Young

Fashion should not be expected to serve in the stead of courage or character. — Loretta Young

It's so important to look relaxed. — Loretta Young

I've always been scared to death of pain - afraid, even, to think of it. — Loretta Young

I believe you have to nurture your conscience. — Loretta Young

I can't imagine dating a boy, meeting him only outside the home. What's a home and family for if it's not the center of one's life? — Loretta Young

I believe that if we have lived our lives fully and well, and have accomplished, at least in part, the things we were put here to do, we will be prepared - mentally, physically and spiritually - for our separation from this world. — Loretta Young

Everything worthwhile, everything of any value, has its price. Everything anyone has ever wanted has come neatly wrapped up in its penalties. — Loretta Young

Glamour is something you can't bear to be without once you're used to it. — Loretta Young

Just after I entered my teens I suddenly entertained an insatiable enthusiasm for the delightful habit of criticizing others. — Loretta Young

I learned you have to fight for yourself in the picture business. — Loretta Young

I do not hold with those who think it is all right to do whatever you want so long as it doesn't hurt anyone. Who's to be the judge of that? — Loretta Young

I'd lived by quotations, practically all my life. — Loretta Young

I'm grateful to God for His bountiful gifts ... He gave me courage and faith in myself. — Loretta Young

A charming woman is a busy woman. — Loretta Young

I'm not sure the public knows what it wants. — Loretta Young

I think teenage impatience is just plain human nature! I think every generation has to cope with different circumstances, different problems. But it's the world that's changed. Human nature hasn't. — Loretta Young

I was a very wanting child. — Loretta Young

There are no ugly ducklings. — Loretta Young

Just because you want to be glamorous, don't be a sheep about your eye makeup. — Loretta Young

In 1949 there was a new thing called Television, to which my agency and advisers opposed as a performance medium. — Loretta Young

Of course it was Mamma who both stopped my career and crystallized my determination to resume it. — Loretta Young

Giving credit where credit is due is a very rewarding habit to form. Its rewards are inestimable. — Loretta Young

Love isn't something you find. Love is something that finds you. — Loretta Young

I believe in the efficacy of prayer and I have a deep and sorrowful sympathy for one who is without faith. I believe our Father answers every prayer-all prayers-with His matchless, inscrutable wisdom, with infinite compassion and with love. — Loretta Young

We can't have everything! It took a lot of growing up for me to realize this unalterable fact and to discipline myself into accepting it. — Loretta Young

I believe in the Golden Rule. I believe in practicing it. — Loretta Young

In common with many others in the varied branches of our profession, my academic education is subnormal. — Loretta Young

I'd thought of myself as a great big motion picture star from the time I was 6. — Loretta Young

A face that is really lovely in repose can fall apart if, when its owner stars to talk, she distorts every feature. — Loretta Young

I hated school ... One of the reasons was a learning disability, dyslexia, which no one understood at the time. I still can't spell ... — Loretta Young

Success can't be forced. — Loretta Young

A face is like the outside of a house, and most faces, like most houses, give us an idea of what we can expect to find inside. — Loretta Young

As an actress, emotions are my business, my stock-in-trade. As such, I've dealt with them nearly all my life. — Loretta Young

Every day, no matter what I'm doing, I say, 'Lord, I'll do the best I can, and You do the rest. — Loretta Young

I don't yearn to be a child again. — Loretta Young

I couldn't bear it if anyone knew I had hardly any self-confidence at all. — Loretta Young

I've a full-length triple-panel mirror in which I can see every possible angle, and I spend quite a lot of time in front of it. — Loretta Young

I want no part of making any contribution whatsoever to the despair which eventually follows downbeat thinking. — Loretta Young

If you want a place in the sun, you have to expect a few blisters. — Loretta Young

I was deaf and dumb and blind to all but me, myself and I. — Loretta Young

In my dreams, I could be a Princess, and that's what I was. Like most little girls, I believed nothing less than a Prince could make my dreams come true. — Loretta Young

Nearly everyone I met, worked with, or read about was my teacher, one way or another. — Loretta Young

If you have enthusiasm, you have a very dynamic, effective companion to travel with you on the road to Somewhere. — Loretta Young

A beguiling lady doesn't take after the swarm. She is herself. — Loretta Young