Elizabeth Taylor Quotes: Words of Wisdom from an Iconic Hollywood Star

Elizabeth Taylor was not just a Hollywood icon, but also a trailblazer for women’s rights and a philanthropist. Her life was full of ups and downs, but she always managed to come out stronger. In this article, we will take a look at some of her most inspiring quotes that will inspire and motivate you to chase your dreams.

 

Introduction

Elizabeth Taylor was born on February 27, 1932, in London, England. She started acting at the age of nine and became a household name in the 1950s and 1960s with her roles in movies like “Giant,” “Cleopatra,” and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”. She was also known for her turbulent personal life, including her eight marriages and her advocacy for HIV/AIDS awareness and research.

 

Elizabeth Taylor Quotes

On Love and Relationships

1. “I believe in mind over matter and doing anything you set your mind on.”

2. “Success is a great deodorant.”

3. “I’ve been through it all, baby. I’m Mother Courage.”

4. “I have a woman’s body and a child’s emotions.”

5. “The problem with people who have no vices is that generally, you can be pretty sure they’re going to have some pretty annoying virtues.”

 

On Life and Perspective

1. “Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.”

2. “The most important thing in life is to be able to give out love and let it come in.”

3. “I feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to be opened, and I’m not afraid to look behind them.”

4. “I don’t entirely approve of some of the things I have done or am or have been. But I’m me. God knows, I’m me.”

5. “You find out who your real friends are when you’re involved in a scandal.”

 

On Success and Hard Work

1. “If someone’s dumb enough to offer me a million dollars to make a picture, I’m certainly not dumb enough to turn it down.”

2. “You just do it. You force yourself to get up. You force yourself to put one foot before the other, and God damn it, you refuse to let it get to you. You fight. You cry. You curse. Then you go about the business of living. That’s how I’ve done it. There’s no other way.”

3. “Success is a great deodorant.”

4. “I’m a survivor, a living example of what people can go through and survive.”

5. “I am a very committed wife. And I should be committed too – for being married so many times.”

 

Conclusion

Elizabeth Taylor’s life was full of accomplishments and challenges, but she always managed to inspire others with her words of wisdom. Her quotes about love, life, success, and hard work are still relevant today and offer a glimpse into the mind of a true icon.

 

Phrases

-Follow your passions, follow your heart, and the things you need will come.

-I don’t have a short temper, I just have a quick reaction to bullshit

-You just do it. You force yourself to get up. You force yourself to put one foot before the other, and God damn it, you refuse to let it get to you. You fight. You cry. You curse. Then you go about the business of living. That’s how I’ve done it. There’s no other way.

-The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they’re going to have some pretty annoying virtues.

-It’s all about hope, kindness and a connection with one another.

-You are who you are. All you can do in this world is help others to be who they are and better themselves.

-Put on some lipstick and pull yourself together.

-All I see in the mirror every morning is a face that needs washing.

-Give. Remember always to give. That is the one thing that will make you grow.

-How can money be the root of all evil when shopping is the cure for all sadness?

-I’m not like anyone. I’m me.

-I call upon you to draw from the depths of your being – to prove that we are a human race, to prove that our love outweighs our need to hate, that our compassion is more compelling than our need to blame.

-You can’t cry on a diamond’s shoulder, and diamonds won’t keep you warm at night, but they’re sure fun when the sun shines.

-When people say, ‘She’s got everything’, I’ve got one answer – I haven’t had tomorrow.

-It is strange that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.

-When I’m not with the one I love, I love the one I’m with.

-I don’t entirely approve of some of the things I have done, or am, or have been. But I’m me. God knows, I’m me.

-I don’t love acting; I love chocolate.

-Every breath you take today should be with someone else in mind.

-I’ve been married too many times. How terrible to change children’s affiliations, their affections – to give them the insecurity of placing their trust in someone when maybe that someone won’t be there next year.

-I’m just an instinctive actress, I’ve never had a lesson in my life.

-I feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to be opened, and I’m not afraid to look behind them.

-Seems like we always spend the best part of our time just saying goodbye.

-Pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick, and pull yourself together.

-The ups and downs, the problems and stress, along with all the happiness, have given me optimism and hope because I am living proof of survival.

-I have been supremely lucky in my life in that I have known great love, and of course I am the temporary custodian of some incredible and beautiful things.

-When you’re older, you’ll appreciate the advantages of sleeping alone.

-I have the emotions of a child in the body of a woman. I was rushed into womanhood for the movies. It caused me long moments of unhappiness and doubt.

-I’m not worried about dying. I consult with God, my maker. And I don’t have a lot of problems to work out. I’m pretty squared anyway.

-The beauty of fragrance is that it speaks to your heart and hopefully someone else’s.

-I have a woman’s body and a child’s emotions.

-You find out who your real friends are when you’re involved in a scandal.

-So much is said with the electricity of the eyes, the intensity of a whisper. Less is more.

-Why shouldn’t gay people be allowed to be able to marry? Those against gay marriages say marriage should only be between a man and a woman. God, I of all people know that doesn’t always work!

-I’ve always admitted that I’m ruled by my passions.

-No matter what happens, I’m loud, noisy, earthy and ready for much more living.

-I want it all quickly ’cause I don’t want God to stop and think and wonder if I’m getting more than my share.

-Any home where there is love constitutes a family and all families should have the same legal rights, including the right to marry and have or adopt children. Why shouldn’t gay people be able to live as open and freely as everybody else?

I know I’m vulgar, but would you have me any other way?

-It’s not the having, it’s the getting.

-Acting is, to me now, artificial. Seeing people suffer is real. It couldn’t be more real. Some people don’t like to look at it in the face because it’s painful. But if nobody does, then nothing gets done.

-You can be fat and still be sexy . It all depends on how you feel about yourself

-I do enjoy life, I really do. Especially if I wake up the next day.

-Michael Jackson is part of my heart. We would do anything for each other.

-I hate the idea of always having to interpret other people’s ideas and thoughts and words, because I’m very independent and, I guess, a free thinker.

-I feel like 45. I don’t look bad for someone my age, with my history of illnesses and operations and all those anesthetics. When they knock you out, it gives you time to catch up on your beauty sleep.

-I mean, how many young women get a set of rubies just for doing something wholesome like swimming laps? Or win a diamond ring at Ping-Pong with their husband… ? Well, I did, and for all of these memories and the people in my life I feel blessed.

-When women stops blushing, she has lost the most powerful weapon of charm.

-Fragrance is an incredibly intimate thing. It can evoke very specific thoughts or memories and is a little different for each person who wears it. I also think it’s the most accessible luxury.

-I wear perfume even when I’m alone

-Big girls need big diamonds.

-Money is the best deodorant.

-I’ve been through it all, baby, I’m mother courage.

-If it is not to make the world better what is money for?

-The public library is more than a repository of books. It’s a mysterious, wondrous place with the power to change lives.

-I use my fame now when I want to help a cause or other people.

-I’m not afraid. Life is just such an adventure to me.

-Look, sweetheart, I can drink you under any goddamn table you want, so don’t worry about me.

-My mother says I didn’t open my eyes for eight days after I was born, but when I did, the first thing I saw was an engagement ring. I was hooked.

-I have never felt more alive than when I watched my children delight in something, never more alive than when I have watched a great artist perform, and never richer than when I have scored a big check to fight AIDS.

-I’ve never thought of my jewelry as trophies. I’m here to take care of it and to love it, for we are only temporary custodians of beauty.

-I’ve only slept with men I’ve been married to. How many women can make that claim?

-Everything makes me nervous – except making films.

-I would totally lose myself in the music and be a gypsy. I would go wherever I wanted to in my head – wherever the music took me. My body followed.

-You can’t choose between right and wrong by taking a census.

-I never face the day without perfume.

-I think I’m finally growing up – and about time.

-Marilyn Monroe seemed to have a kind of unconscious glow about her physical self that was innocent, like a child. When she posed nude, it was ‘Gee, I am kind of, you know, sort of dishy,’ like she enjoyed it without being egotistical.

-The things that are important to me – being a mother, a businesswoman, an activist – are all things that were borne out of great passion.

-I gave a very dear friend of mine my humanitarian award. Because you don’t need an award to be, or not be, a humanitarian.

-I adore wearing gems, but not because they are mine. You can’t possess radiance, you can only admire it.

-I don’t like my voice. I don’t like the way I look. I don’t like the way I move. I don’t like the way I act. I mean, period. So, you know, I don’t like myself.

-I was born with scoliosis. I have a double curvature of the spine, and it’s forced me to use a wheelchair because the disease has really taken hold. It really saddens me that I can’t ride.

-What do you expect me to do? Sleep alone?

-Acting is fun. It’s not my whole life. It’s not my entire being. It’s secondary to my life. My life is primary. I’m running in the primary, as you know.

-I’ve always preferred animals to little girls or boys. I had my first horse – actually it was a Newfoundland pony – when I was three, and I loved riding, without anyone shackling me – riding bareback as fast as I could.

-When you’re fat, the world is divided into two groups – people who bug you and people who leave you alone. The funny thing is, supporters and saboteurs exist in either camp.

-I’ve come through things that would have felled an ox. That fills me with optimism, not just for myself but for our particular species.

-I prefer rugby to soccer. I enjoy the violence in rugby, except when they start biting each other’s ears off.

-I am a very committed wife. And I should be committed too – for being married so many times.

-Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses.

-Sometimes I think we know too much about our idols and that spoils the dream.

-I used to think that drinking would help my shyness, but all it did was exaggerate all the negative qualities.

-I believe in mind over matter and doing anything you set your mind on.

-I like the connection with fans and people who have been supportive of me. And I love the idea of real feedback and a two-way street, which is very, very modern.

-I’ve never had an acting lesson. I’ve never been given techniques. Everything I’ve done is invented. I just sort of found out [how to do it].

-I don’t have a set pattern. I take things as they come. Usually with a great amount of relish. I just lay back and wait for it to happen. And it usually does.

-Now is the time for guts and guile.

-I think I ended up being the scarlet woman partly because of my rather puritannical upbringing and beliefs. I always chose to think I was in love and that love was synonymous with marriage.

-I hate myself on the screen. I want to die … my voice is either too high or too gravelly. I want to dive under the carpet…. I’d love to be tall and willowy … I’m short.

-I love to be casual and comfortable, but I also love the easy glamour of wearing jewelry all the time.

-A belly laugh increases the ability of your immune system to fight infections.

-I hate being called “Liz”, because it can sound like such a hiss.

-The most sensible thing to do to people you hate is to drink their brandy.

-Success is a great deodorant. It takes away all your past smells.

-I’ve always sung in the shower. Now I make the stage a mental shower in order not to get too uptight and enjoy it.