Loretta Young Quotes

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

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

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

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

I think making mistakes is as inevitable as receiving disappointments.

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

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

There are no ugly ducklings.

Success can't be forced.

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

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

I don't yearn to be a child again.

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

It's so important to look relaxed.

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.

Like charity, I believe glamour should begin at home.

Gratitude isn't a burdening emotion.

I believe in living today. Not in yesterday, nor in tomorrow.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A charming woman is a busy woman.

There is no personal achievement in being born beautiful.

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

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

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

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

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

I believe you have to nurture your conscience.

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

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

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!

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?

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

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

Love isn't something you find. Love is something that finds you.

I was a very wanting child.

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.

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

Your hands, your eyes, your voice, your thoughts are your servants.