Lucille Désirée Ball was an American actress, comedienne, model, entertainment studio executive and producer. Profoundly inspirational Lucille Ball quotes will challenge the way you think, and help guide you through any life experience.
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Famous Lucille Ball Quotes
One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn’t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself. Lucille Ball
It’s a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy. Lucille Ball
In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by. Lucille Ball
Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. Your really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world. Lucille Ball
Ability is of little account without opportunity. Lucille Ball
Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. Lucille Ball
I’d rather regret the things I have done than the things that I haven’t. Lucille Ball
People either have comedy or they don’t. You can’t teach it to them. Lucille Ball
Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead. Lucille Ball
I believe that we’re as happy in life as we make up our minds to be. Lucille Ball
One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn’t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself. Lucille Ball
Responsibility is the ability to respond. Lucille Ball
The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. Lucille Ball
Use a make up table with everything close at hand and don’t rush; otherwise you’ll look like a patchwork quilt. Lucille Ball
Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous red head. Lucille Ball
I dyed my hair this crazy red to bid for attention. It has become a trademark, and I’ve got to keep it this way. Lucille Ball
I have an everyday religion that works for me. Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line. Lucille Ball
I have a theory about the assists we get in life. Only rarely can we repay those people who helped us, but we can pass that help along to others. Lucille Ball
Luck? I don’t know anything about luck. I’ve never banked on it and I’m afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else hard work and realizing what opportunity is and what isn’t. Lucille Ball
Television is the quickest form of recognition in the world. Lucille Ball
Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself. Lucille Ball
Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world. Lucille Ball
I cured myself of shyness when it finally occurred to me that people didn’t think about me half as much as I gave them credit for. The truth was, nobody gave a damn. Like most teenagers, I was far too self-centered. When I stopped being prisoner to what I worried was others’ opinions of me, I became more confident and free. Lucille Ball
The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. Lucille Ball
Politics should be the part time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage. Lucille Ball
Children internalize their parents unhappiness. Fortunately, they absorb our contentment just as readily. Lucille Ball
People either have comedy or they don’t. You can’t teach it to them. Lucille Ball
If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do. Lucille Ball
It’s a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy. Lucille Ball
It doesn’t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optismism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself. Lucille Ball
It wasn’t love at first sight. It took a full five minutes. Lucille Ball
Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world. Lucille Ball
I am a real ham. I love an audience. I work better with an audience. I am dead, in fact, without one. Lucille Ball
I’m happy that I have brought laughter because I have been shown by many the value of it in so many lives, in so many ways. Lucille Ball
Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead. Lucille Ball
One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn’t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimisim a way of life can restore your faith in yourself. Lucille Ball
I’m happy that I have brought laughter because I have been shown by many the value of it in so many lives, in so many ways. Lucille Ball
I will never do another TV series. It couldn’t top I Love Lucy, and I’d be foolish to try. In this business, you have to know when to get off. Lucille Ball
I’m not funny. What I am is brave. Lucille Ball
Luck? I don’t know anything about luck. I’ve never banked on it and I’m afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else Hard work and realizing what is opportunity and what isn’t. Lucille Ball
The way to stay young is to live honestly, eat slowly and lie about your age. Lucille Ball
How I Love Lucy was born? We decided that instead of divorce lawyers profiting from our mistakes, we’d profit from them. Lucille Ball
One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn’t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore you faith in yourself. Lucille Ball
I would rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not. Lucille Ball
You won’t be happy, whatever you do, unless you’re comfortable with your own conscience. Keep your head up, keep your shoulders back, keep your self respect, be nice, be smart. And remember that there are practically no overnight successes. Lucille Ball
I regret the passing of the studio system. I was very appreciative of it because I had no talent. Lucille Ball
I feel sorry for young people today who feel so alone that they have to mate with their first crush. It shocks me that so many young brides are pregnant at the alter. When you have kids late in life, you appreciate them more. They keep you young, and you see the world through better eyes. You can give your children a finer sense of values, too, because if you’re lucky, you own values have improved with time. Lucille Ball
I’ve always prided myself on knowing when to get off, and I hope it works out that way. Lucille Ball
I believe that we’re as happy in life as we make up our minds to be. Lucille Ball
You see much more of your children once they leave home. Lucille Ball
I have a theory about the assists we get in life. Only rarely can we repay those people who helped us, but we can pass that help along to others. Lucille Ball
A man who correctly guesses a woman’s age may be smart, but he’s not very bright. Lucille Ball
