Top 194 Quotes & Sayings by Audrey Hepburn - Page 2

I have learnt how to live…how to be in the world and of the world, and not just to stand aside and watch.

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?

True beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul.

Only the absolutely determined people succeed.

Cheating on a good woman is like choosing trash over treasure.

There is a shade of red for every woman.

Giving is living. If you stop wanting to give, there's nothing more to live for.

I don’t take my life seriously, but I do take what I do – in my life – seriously -

True friends are families which you can select.

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.

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. Getting older doesn't frighten me, but I wish I didn't have to because I like life a lot.

To be happy - that's all that matters.

I don't need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain.

For me the only things of interests are those linked to the heart

I hope for better things, and I thank God the world is also full of people who want to be genuine and kind.

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.

I went through a period of first successes. Then there was the inevitable change: the bad newspaper articles. Some people don't care about that, but I do. I'm hurt. I feel it. I don't think I've done anything dreadful. Sometimes you do things for reasons the press doesn't know. But I'm happy to go on as I have.

No matter where you run, you just end up running into yourself

It's sad if people think that's (homemaking) a dull existance, [but] you can't just buy an apartment and furnish it and walk away. It's the flowers you choose, the music you play, the smile you have waiting. I want it to be gay and cheerful, a haven in this troubled world. I don't want my husband and children to come home and find a rattled woman. Our era is already rattled enough, isn't it?

And the beauty of a woman, with passing years only grows!

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.

Anyone who does not believe in miracles is not a realist.

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.

How shall I sum up my life? I think I've been particularly lucky. Does that have something to do with faith also? I know my mother always used to say, 'Good things aren't supposed to just fall in your lap. God is very generous, but he expects you to do your part first.' So you have to make that effort. But at the end of a bad time or a huge effort, I've always had - how shall I say it? - the prize at the end. My whole life shows that.

Is there anything more important than a child?

The most important thing is growing old gracefully.

A woman can be beautiful as well as intellectual.

To pull off any look, wear it with confidence.

There are more important things than outward appearance. No amount of makeup can cover an ugly personality.

Somebody said to me the other day, 'You know, it's really senseless, what you're doing. There's always been suffering, there will always be suffering, and you're just prolonging the suffering of these children [by rescuing them].' My answer is, 'Okay, then, let's start with your grandchild. Don't buy antibiotics if it gets pneumonia. Don't take it to the hospital of it has an accident. It's against life-against humanity-to think that way.

Gardening is the greatest tonic and therapy a human being can have. Even if you have only a tiny piece of earth, you can create something beautiful, which we all have a great need for. If we begin by respecting plants, it's inevitable we'll respect people.

For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.

...walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.

I love people who make me laugh!

I don't bite you know ... unless it's called for.

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. I really hope no one misinterprets this quote as being about masturbation.

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.

I believe in manicures. I believe in overdressing. I believe in primping at leisure and wearing lipsitck.

Happy girls are the prettiest girls.

Good things aren't supposed to just fall into your lap. God is very generous, but He expects you to do your part first.

I realize that most of us live on the skin - on the surface - without appreciating just how wonderful it is simply to be alive at all.

Laughing is the best calorie burner.

I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.

Work as hard as you can, whatever you do, and try to spread generosity of spirit.

If we are meant to "love thy neighbor as theyself," then surely we should love the world's children as our own.

There is more to sex appeal than just measurements

...perhaps that is what ultimately unites us as a world: the fact that, no matter how prosperous a nation, how developed, all share the plight and embarrassment of having so many suffering children. We are united by our neglect, our abuse, our absence of love. Have we forgotten about the children, and thus forsaken the next generation?

I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong

Fewer things are lovelier to me than a full-blown rose when it opens up its heart.

Why change? Everyone has his own style. When you have found it, you should stick to it.

All I want is a room somewhere, far away from the cold night air. With one enormous chair; Oh wouldn't it be loverly? Lots of choc'late for me to eat; Lots of coal makin' lots of heat. Warm face, warm 'ands, warm feet, Oh wouldn't it be loverly? Oh, so loverly sittin' abso-bloomin'-lutely still! I would never budge 'til spring crept over my window sill. Someone's head restin' on my knee; Warm and tender as he can be, who takes good care of me; Oh wouldn't it be loverly? Loverly, loverly, loverly, loverly.

A child is a child in any country, whatever the politics. Let's get down to basics. That's what a child forces you to do. Nothing else much matters, there is no complicated diplomacy, when a child is starving. It's simple. And we'd better do something about it. For our sakes, too. That is, if we want to continue to call ourselves human.

Happy girls are always the prettiest

Some people dream of having a big swimming pool. With me, it’s closets

Never throw out anyone.

Pick the day. Enjoy it– to the hilt.

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.

Who thinks you're as fantastic as your dog does?

A quality education has the power to transform societies in a single generation, provide children with the protection they need from the hazards of poverty, labor exploitation and disease, and given them the knowledge, skills, and confidence to reach their full potential.