Audrey Hepburn's Quotes

Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn was a British actress and humanitarian, born on May 4, 1929, in Brussels, Belgium. She was known for her radiant beauty, style, and ability to project an air of sophistication tempered by a charming innocence. Hepburn won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in 'Roman Holiday' and was ranked by the American Film Institute as the third-greatest female screen legend from the Classical Hollywood cinema.

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"The best thing to hold onto in life is each other."

— Audrey Hepburn

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

— Audrey Hepburn

"People should pursue what they’re passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else."

— Audrey Hepburn

"Nothing is impossible, the word itself says I'm possible."

— Audrey Hepburn

"Not to live for the day, that would be materialistic—but to treasure the day. 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."

— Audrey Hepburn

"The most important thing is to enjoy your life, to be happy, it’s all that matters."

— Audrey Hepburn

"I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it."

— 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. The beauty of a woman is seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides. True beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It's the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows & the beauty of a woman only grows with passing years."

— Audrey Hepburn

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

— Audrey Hepburn

"Life is a party. Dress for it."

— 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

"They say love is the best investment; the more you give, the more you get in return."

— Audrey Hepburn

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

— Audrey Hepburn

"I tried always to do better, saw always a little further. I tried to stretch myself."

— Audrey Hepburn

"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."

— 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

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

— Audrey Hepburn

"To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow."

— Audrey Hepburn

"There are certain shades of limelight that can wreck a girl’s complexion."

— Audrey Hepburn

"I believe, every day, you should have at least one exquisite moment."

— Audrey Hepburn

"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."

— Audrey Hepburn

"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."

— Audrey Hepburn

"I’ve been lucky. Opportunities don’t often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them."

— 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

"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

"True friends are families which you can select."

— Audrey Hepburn

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

— Audrey Hepburn

"People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed and redeemed. Never throw out anyone."

— Audrey Hepburn

"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."

— Audrey Hepburn

"Elegance is the only beauty that never fades."

— Audrey Hepburn

"I may not always be offered work, but I’ll always have my family."

— Audrey Hepburn

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

— Audrey Hepburn

"A woman can be beautiful as well as intellectual."

— Audrey Hepburn

"The 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 like to be. But I’ve decided I’m not so bad after all."

— Audrey Hepburn

"You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him."

— Audrey Hepburn

"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."

— Audrey Hepburn

"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."

— 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

"Paris is always a good idea."

— Audrey Hepburn

"Makeup can only make you look pretty on the outside but it doesn't help if you're ugly on the inside. Unless you eat the makeup."

— Audrey Hepburn

"Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you're exactly the same."

— Audrey Hepburn

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