Quotes by Lucille Ball

“It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy. ”

“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. Your really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.”

“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.”

“Luck? I dont know anything about luck. Ive never banked on it and Im afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: hard work - and realizing what opportunity is and what isnt." Lucille Ball”

“I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.”

“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.”

“I hate failure and that divorce was a Number One failure in my eyes. It was the worst period of my life. Neither Desi nor I have been the same since, physically or mentally.”

“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.”

“The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.”

“I have an everyday religion that works for me. Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line.”

“Women's Lib? Oh, I'm afraid it doesn't interest me one bit. I've been so liberated it hurts.”

“TV started for me just as a means of keeping my husband Desi off the road. He'd been on tour with his band since he got out of the Army, and we were in our 11th year of marriage and wanted to have ...”

“You see much more of your children once they leave home.”

“The more things you do, the more you can do.”

“In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by.”

“I think knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can do.”

“The secret of staying young is to live honestly eat slowly and lie about your age.”

“I'm not funny. What I am is brave.”

“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.”

“If you want something done ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do the more you can do.”