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Loretta Young

15 quotes

Details about Loretta Young's life are scarce, but their observations have traveled far and wide. The range of their thinking — from Home to Courage — speaks to an intellectual restlessness that shows in every quote. Our collection holds 20 quotes from Loretta Young, each offering a different angle on Home, Courage, Business, Beauty, and Travel. Among their most shared lines: "Fashion should not be expected to serve in the stead of courage or character."

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

— Loretta Young

Death

All Quotes by Loretta Young

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

— Loretta Young

Teacher

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

— Loretta Young

Courage

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

— Loretta Young

Business

“There is no personal achievement in being born beautiful.”

— Loretta Young

Beauty

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

— Loretta Young

Business

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

— Loretta Young

Courage

“In common with many others in the varied branches of our profession, my academic education is subnormal.”

— Loretta Young

Education

“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

Dating

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

— Loretta Young

Love

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

— Loretta Young

Death

“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

Dreams

“Like charity, I believe glamour should begin at home.”

— Loretta Young

Beauty

“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

Money

“If you have enthusiasm, you have a very dynamic, effective companion to travel with you on the road to Somewhere.”

— Loretta Young

Travel

“Success can't be forced.”

— Loretta Young

Success