Top 194 Quotes & Sayings by Audrey Hepburn
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a British actress Audrey Hepburn.
Last updated on December 25, 2024.
It's that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whole ethic by which I was brought up. Others matter more than you do, so 'don't fuss, dear; get on with it.'
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!
People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.
The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.
I believe in manicures. I believe in overdressing. I believe in primping at leisure and wearing lipstick. I believe in pink. I believe happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and... I believe in miracles.
I've been lucky. Opportunities don't often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.
There are certain shades of limelight that can wreck a girl's complexion.
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.
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.
Taking care of children has nothing to do with politics. I think perhaps with time, instead of there being a politicization of humanitarian aid, there will be a humanization of politics.
I had to make a choice at one point in my life, of missing films or missing my children. It was a very easy decision to make because I missed my children so very much.
There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. 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.
The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries or the way she combs her hair.
I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.
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.
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.
Let's face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people; it does for me.
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.
You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.
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.
For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.
As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
Water is life, and clean water means health.
Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you're exactly the same.
I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I'd invented it, because it is very true.
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it's at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others.
My first big mission for UNICEF in Ethiopia was just to attract attention, before it was too late, to conditions which threatened the whole country. My role was to inform the world, to make sure that the people of Ethiopia were not forgotten.
The 'Third World' is a term I don't like very much because we're all one world. I want people to know that the largest part of humanity is suffering.
I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.
When you have nobody you can make a cup of tea for, when nobody needs you, that's when I think life is over.
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.
There is a moral obligation that those who have should give to those who don't.
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.
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.
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.
I don't want to be alone, I want to be left alone.
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. The beauty of a woman grows with the passing years.
People in Ethiopia, the Sudan, etc., don't know Audrey Hepburn, but they recognize 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.'
If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.
I never thought I'd land in pictures with a face like mine.
I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of logic, should never have made it. At each stage of my career, I lacked the experience.
If I get married, I want to be very married.
I have to be alone very often. I'd be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment. That's how I refuel.
Actually, you have to be a little bit in love with your leading man and vice versa. If you're going to portray love, you have to feel it. You can't do it any other way. But you don't carry it beyond the set.
I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it.
Paris is always a good idea.
Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!
Everything I learned I learned from the movies.
The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters.
I don't believe in collective guilt, but I do believe in collective responsibility.
Never regret anything that makes you smile.
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.
Always be a first-rate version of yourself.
To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.
Elegance is the only beauty that never fades.
To have beautiful lips, say beautiful things. To have beautiful eyes, look at people and see the good in them.
nothing is more important than empathy for another human being's suffering. Nothing. Not a career, not wealth, not intelligence, certainly not status. We have to feel for one another if we're going to survive with dignity.
Life is a party. Dress for it.
I believe, every day, you should have at least one exquisite moment.
Beauty is being the best possible version of yourself, inside and out.
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