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Loretta Young

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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."

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

— Loretta Young

Education

All Quotes by Loretta Young

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

— Loretta Young

Death

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

— Loretta Young

Courage

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

— Loretta Young

Beauty

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

— Loretta Young

Beauty

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

— Loretta Young

Education

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

— Loretta Young

Teacher

“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

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

— Loretta Young

Courage

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

— Loretta Young

Love

“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

“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

“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

“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

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

— Loretta Young

Business