Quotes By Victoria Principal

It used to be you wanted to marry up.

When I don't plumb the depths or the opportunities of each day, I don't have joy.

I arrived in California with no job, no car, and no money, but, like millions of other girls, a dream.

I went to find myself and save myself by being an agent.

I was very lucky. My parents raised me in such a way that it never occurred to me that I wasn't equal.

I'm generally competing with the ideal I have set for myself, and I've found that served me very well.

I'm about to become a member of the Chemists Society of America. I'm very proud of that.

Ignorance is not bliss, but in my case, that was.

When women work together, it's a bond unlike any other.

When I started Victoria Principal Products, there were 22 full-time employees - they were all women.

If wanted to play a sport, I played a sport. If I wanted to do things that many girls born in 1950 didn't do, I did it.

Unless we keep this planet healthy, everything else is for naught.

I grew up thinking that whatever I wanted to do, I could do.

I became so consumed with trying to live up to what the public expected that I lost myself. I don't know of anyone else who can say this.

There are two things in life that I really wanted to do: be an actress, and to be in skin care, and I've gotten to do both of them.

Success doesn't mean that you are healthy, success doesn't mean that you're happy, success doesn't mean that you're rested. Success really doesn't mean that you look good, or feel good, or are good.

No one can make me work harder than I do, so I'm generally not interested in who I am competing with.

As long as my body is in shape, my mind is working at its full capacity.

Victory Over Violence is an organization that was created to help fund shelters for women and children.

You can't be responsible for the way people respond to you. You're only responsible for yourself.

I believe that how you feel is very important to how you look - that healthy equals beautiful.

When I became a mature woman, I put both feet firmly on the side of maturity.

I enjoy speaking to other women about turning 50, and how we can enjoy it, and how we can explore it.

As the years go by, I've added a few pounds on, and I like it. I like it that I look a little softer.

I got even with all the bad management I had by being a good manager.

I try to treat people the way I would like to be treated, but I can't worry about what everyone's going to think.

There came a moment in my life when I realized that I had stepped into another part of my life. I used to walk into a room full of people and think, do they like me? And one day I walk in and I thought, do I like them?

Don't strive to be perfect. Strive for excellence.

Being an agent gave me a great sense of satisfaction.

It is so easy to forget that this is good that we're alive. We should be enjoying this gift of being alive.