A biography for Victoria Principalhasn’t been written yet.
“I arrived in California with no job, no car, and no money, but, like millions of other girls, a dream.”
“When I became a mature woman, I put both feet firmly on the side of maturity.”
“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?”
“As long as my body is in shape, my mind is working at its full capacity.”
“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.”
“When I don't plumb the depths or the opportunities of each day, I don't have joy.”
“No one can make me work harder than I do, so I'm generally not interested in who I am competing with.”
“Ignorance is not bliss, but in my case, that was.”
“I grew up thinking that whatever I wanted to do, I could do.”
“I got even with all the bad management I had by being a good manager.”
“When I started Victoria Principal Products, there were 22 full-time employees - they were all women.”
“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.”
“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.”
“It is so easy to forget that this is good that we're alive. We should be enjoying this gift of being alive.”
“I went to a woman for advice about how to be in business, but I learned a great deal from men.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Being an agent gave me a great sense of satisfaction.”
“When women work together, it's a bond unlike any other.”