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Audrey Hepburn Quotes

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Famous Audrey Hepburn Quotes

“As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.” — Audrey Hepburn
“The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy – it’s all that matters.” — Audrey Hepburn
“Always be a first–rate version of yourself.” — Audrey Hepburn
“I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it’s the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It’s probably the most important thing in a person.” — Audrey Hepburn
“There are more important things than outward appearance. No amount of makeup can cover an ugly personality.” — Audrey Hepburn
“My greatest victory has been to be able to live with myself, to accept my shortcomings. I’m a long way from the human being I’d liked to be, but I’ve decided I’m not so bad after all.” — Audrey Hepburn
“Fewer things are lovelier to me than a full–blown rose when it opens up its heart.” — Audrey Hepburn
“You can even say that I hated myself at certain periods. I was too fat, or maybe too tall, or maybe just plain too ugly ... you can say my definiteness stems from underlying feelings of insecurity and inferiority. I couldn’t conquer these feelings by acting indecisive. I found the only way to get the better of them was by adopting a forceful, concentrated drive.” — Audrey Hepburn
“I’m an introvert... I love being by myself, love being outdoors, love taking a long walk with my dogs and looking at the trees, flowers, the sky.” — Audrey Hepburn
“I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong.” — Audrey Hepburn
“Nothing is more important than empathy for another human being’s suffering. Nothing. Not a career, not wealth, not intelligence, certainly not status.” — Audrey Hepburn
“We have to feel for one another if we’re going to survive with dignity.” — Audrey Hepburn
“Life is a party. Dress for it.” — Audrey Hepburn

Sassy Audrey Hepburn Quotes

“I’m half–Irish, half–Dutch, and I was born in Belgium. If I was a dog, I’d be in a hell of a mess!” — Audrey Hepburn
“Cheating on a good woman is like choosing trash over treasure.” — Audrey Hepburn
“There is more to sex appeal than just measurements.” — Audrey Hepburn
“Promise me one thing: don’t take me home until I’m drunk – very drunk indeed.” — Audrey Hepburn
“There is a science of war, but how strange that there isn’t a science of peace. There are colleges of war; why can’t we study peace?” — Audrey Hepburn
“I don’t want to be alone, I want to be left alone.” — Audrey Hepburn
“You mustn’t give your heart to a wild thing. The more you do, the stronger they get.” — Audrey Hepburn
“Well, it’s nice being top banana in the shock department.” — Audrey Hepburn
“There are certain shades of limelight that can wreck a girl’s complexion.” — Audrey Hepburn
“There is a shade of red for every woman.” — Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn Motivational Quotes

“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.” — Audrey Hepburn
“I’ve been lucky. Opportunities don’t often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.” — Audrey Hepburn
“Take care of the small circle around you. When you have succeeded with them, then move outwards, one small step at a time.” — Audrey Hepburn
“To pull off any look, wear it with confidence.” — Audrey Hepburn
“Walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.” — Audrey Hepburn
“No matter where you run, you just end up running into yourself.” — Audrey Hepburn
“Whatever you love most, you fear you might lose, you know it can change. Why do you look from left to right when you cross the street? Because you don’t want to get run over. But, you still cross the street.” — Audrey Hepburn
“Only the absolutely determined people succeed.” — Audrey Hepburn
“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ’I’m possible’!” — Audrey Hepburn
“Never regret anything that makes you smile.” — Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn Inspirational Quotes

“Pick the day. Enjoy it – to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come... The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present – and I don’t want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future.” — Audrey Hepburn
“Laughing is the best calorie burner.” — Audrey Hepburn
“People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.” — Audrey Hepburn
“I believe, every day, you should have at least one exquisite moment.” — Audrey Hepburn
“Good things aren’t supposed to just fall into your lap. God is very generous, but He expects you to do your part first.” — Audrey Hepburn
“If my world were to cave in tomorrow, I would look back on all the pleasures, excitements and worthwhilenesses I have been lucky enough to have had. Not the sadness, not my miscarriages or my father leaving home, but the joy of everything else. It will have been enough.” — Audrey Hepburn
“I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I’d invented it, because it is very true.” — Audrey Hepburn
“The most important thing is growing old gracefully.” — Audrey Hepburn
“Anyone who does not believe in miracles is not a realist.” — Audrey Hepburn
“Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you’re exactly the same.” — Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn Quotes About Life

“I don’t take my life seriously, but I do take what I do – in my life – seriously.” — Audrey Hepburn
“Living is like tearing through a museum. Not until later do you really start absorbing what you saw, thinking about it, looking it up in a book, and remembering – because you can’t take it in all at once.” — Audrey Hepburn
“You can only hope to get a combination of happy work and a happy life.” — Audrey Hepburn
“I’ve always had– how shall I say it? –the prize at the end. My whole life shows that.” — Audrey Hepburn
“My life isn’t theories and formulae. It’s part instinct, part common sense. Logic is as good a word as any, and I’ve absorbed what logic I have from everything and everyone... from my mother, from training as a ballet dancer, from Vogue magazine, from the laws of life and health and nature.” — Audrey Hepburn
“How shall I sum up my life? I think I’ve been particularly lucky.” — Audrey Hepburn
“If you lead a simple life, and that story is written, then that story will not satisfy. It needs an angle. Suppose there is no angle?” — Audrey Hepburn
“As the years go on, you see changes in yourself, but you’ve got to face that – everyone goes through it... Either you have to face up to it and tell yourself you’re not going to be eighteen all your life, or be prepared for a terrible shock when you see the wrinkles and white hair.” — Audrey Hepburn
“Getting older doesn’t frighten me, but I wish I didn’t have to because I like life a lot.” — Audrey Hepburn
“When you have nobody you can make a cup of tea for, when nobody needs you, that’s when I think life is over.” — Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn Quotes Beauty

“I believe in manicures. I believe in overdressing. I believe in primping at leisure and wearing lipsitck.” — Audrey Hepburn
“Beauty is being the best possible version of yourself, inside and out.” — Audrey Hepburn
“The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries or the way she combs her hair.” — Audrey Hepburn
“A woman can be beautiful as well as intellectual.” — Audrey Hepburn
“Look, whenever I hear or read I’m beautiful, I simply don’t understand it ... I’m certainly not beautiful in any conventional way. I didn’t make my career on beauty.” — Audrey Hepburn
“Happy girls are the prettiest girls.” — Audrey Hepburn
“I am not beautiful. My mother once called me an ugly duckling. But,listed separately, I have a few good features.” — Audrey Hepburn
“When I wear a silk scarf I never feel so definitely like a woman, a beautiful woman.” — Audrey Hepburn
“Make–up can only make you look pretty on the outside but it doesn’t help if your ugly on the inside. Unless you eat the make–up.” — Audrey Hepburn
“Elegance is the only beauty that never fades.” — Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn Quotes Inner Beauty

“To have beautiful lips, say beautiful things.” — Audrey Hepburn
“The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mode but the true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives the passion that she shows.” — Audrey Hepburn
“To have beautiful eyes, look at people and see the good in them.” — Audrey Hepburn
“Beauty woman in her eyes, because the eyes – is the gateway to the heart, where love lives.” — Audrey Hepburn
“The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.” — Audrey Hepburn
“For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.” — Audrey Hepburn
“I don’t need a bedroom to prove my womanliness.” — Audrey Hepburn
“To be beautiful lips – say kind words. To my eyes were beautiful – radiate good. A woman’s beauty is not in the clothes, not in its shape or hairstyle.” — Audrey Hepburn
“The beauty of a woman grows with the passing years.” — Audrey Hepburn
“For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.” — Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn Quotes on Children

“I can testify to what UNICEF means to children, because I was among those who received food and medical relief right after World War II.” — Audrey Hepburn
“If we are meant to "love thy neighbor as theyself," then surely we should love the world’s children as our own.” — Audrey Hepburn
“Taking care of children has nothing to do with politics. I think perhaps with time, instead of there being a politicisation of humanitarian aid, there will be a humanisation of politics.” — Audrey Hepburn
“Is there anything more important than a child?” — Audrey Hepburn
“Whatever a man might do, whatever misery or heartache your children might give you – and they give you a lot – however much your parents irritate you – it doesn’t matter because you love them.” — Audrey Hepburn
“I think that’s what life is all about, actually, about children and flowers.” — Audrey Hepburn
“Have we forgotten about the children, and thus forsaken the next generation?” — Audrey Hepburn
“I speak for those children who cannot speak for themselves, children who have absolutely nothing but their courage and their smiles, their wits and their dreams.” — Audrey Hepburn
“You go back. You search for what made you happy when you were smaller. We are all grown up children, really... So one should go back and search for what was loved and found to be real.” — Audrey Hepburn
“I’m glad I’ve got a name, because I’m using it for what it’s worth. ... I do not want to see mothers and fathers digging graves for their children.” — Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn Quotes on Kindness

“I am proud to have been in a business that gives pleasure, creates beauty, and awakens our conscience, arouses compassion, and perhaps most importantly, gives millions a respite from our so violent world.” — Audrey Hepburn
“Giving is living. If you stop wanting to give, there’s nothing more to live for.” — Audrey Hepburn
“I have learnt how to live...how to be in the world and of the world, and not just to stand aside and watch.” — Audrey Hepburn
“For me the only things of interests are those linked to the heart.” — Audrey Hepburn
“I hope for better things, and I thank God the world is also full of people who want to be genuine and kind.” — Audrey Hepburn
“You can always tell what kind of a person a man really thinks you are by the earrings he gives you.” — Audrey Hepburn
“And I always heard people in New York never get to know their neighbors.” — Audrey Hepburn
“If you ever need a helping hand, it is at the end of your arm. As you get older you must remember you have a second hand. The first one is to help yourself. The second hand is to help others.” — Audrey Hepburn
“Work as hard as you can, whatever you do, and try to spread generosity of spirit.” — Audrey Hepburn
“I have a long–lasting gratitude and trust for what UNICEF does.” — Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn Quotes Love

“I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.” — Audrey Hepburn
“We all want to be loved, don’t we? Everyone looks for a way of finding love. It’s a constant search for affection in every walk of life.” — Audrey Hepburn
“It always boils down to the same thing – not only receiving love, but desperately needing to give it.” — Audrey Hepburn
“Your heart just breaks, that’s all. But you can’t judge or point fingers. You just have to be lucky enough to find someone who appreciates you.” — Audrey Hepburn
“The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” — Audrey Hepburn

Classy Audrey Hepburn Quotes

“I can convey just as much sex appeal picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain.” — Audrey Hepburn
“You have to look at yourself objectively. Analyze yourself like an instrument. You have to be absolutely frank with yourself. Face your handicaps, don’t try to hide them. Instead, develop something else.” — Audrey Hepburn
“My look is attainable. Women can look like by flipping out their hair, buying the large sunglasses, and the little sleeveless dresses.” — Audrey Hepburn
“People in these places don’t know , but they recognise the name UNICEF. When they see UNICEF their faces light up, because they know that something is happening. In the Sudan, for example, they call a water pump UNICEF.” — Audrey Hepburn
“I was asked to act when I couldn’t act. I was asked to sing "Funny Face" when I couldn’t sing and dance with Fred Astaire when I couldn’t dance and do all kinds of things I wasn’t prepared for. Then I tried like mad to cope with it.” — Audrey Hepburn
“I believe in overdressing. I believe in primping at leisure and... If I’m honest I have to tell you I still read fairy–tales and I like them best of all.” — Audrey Hepburn
“Since the world has existed, there has been injustice. But it is one world, the more so as it becomes smaller, more accessible. There is just no question that there is more obligation that those who have should give to those who have nothing.” — Audrey Hepburn
“I never think of myself as an icon. What is in other people’s minds is not in my mind. I just do my thing.” — Audrey Hepburn