Quotes by Audrey Hepburn

• Don't just create a reality, live it to the fullest, for authenticity is not a performance but a way of being.
• When you have nobody you can make a cup of tea for, when nobody needs you, that's when I think life is over.
• 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.
• There are certain shades of limelight that can wreck a girl's complexion.
• Paris is always a good idea.
• Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!
• 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.
• Let's face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people; it does for me.
• People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.
• 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.
• Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you're exactly the same.
• If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.
• 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.'
• 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.
• 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.
• The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.
• The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.
• If I get married, I want to be very married.
• 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.
• 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.
• As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
• Everything I learned I learned from the movies.
• 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.
• 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.
• I don't want to be alone, I want to be left alone.
• I've been lucky. Opportunities don't often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.
• I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I'd invented it, because it is very true.
• 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 never think of myself as an icon. What is in other people's minds is not in my mind. I just do my thing.
• 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.
• 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.
• I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.
• 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.
• 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!
• 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.
• In a world full of trends, remain a timeless classic.
• To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.
• To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow, for in nurturing life, we find hope.
• In a world full of trends, remain a classic.
• In a world full of trends, be a timeless classic.
• In a world full of trends, stay a classic.
• In a world full of trends, dare to be a classic.
• To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow's beauty even in the darkest of times.
• In a world full of trends, dare to remain a classic.
• The biggest mistake you can make is continually fearing making mistakes.
• In a world full of trends, remain a classic
• Life is a party, dress like it.
• To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow, for out of the soil comes life's most beautiful creations.
• Elegance is the only beauty that never fades.
• A smile is the prettiest thing you can wear, it never goes out of style.
• In a world full of trends, be a classic.
• In a world full of trends, stay classic.
• In a world full of trends, stay a timeless classic.
• True beauty is not in the face, but in the heart and soul of a person.
• She believed she could, so she did
• Elegance is the only beauty that never fades
• In a world full of trends, I prefer to remain a classic
• The secret to success is to start before you're ready.
• Impossible is just a word to let you know that it can be done.
• Being yourself is the greatest rebellion.
• Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'
• Do not wait for opportunity to knock, build a door and open it yourself.
• When life gives you lemons, make lemonade and thank the universe for the zest it brings.
• In a world full of trends, I want to remain a classic
• You have two hands, one to help yourself and one to help others.
• Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible!'
• When in doubt, choose kindness. It never goes out of style.
• Life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, forgive the ones who don't, and believe that everything happens for a reason.
• Don't forget to fall in love with yourself first.
• Just remember, if we get caught, you're deaf and I don't speak English!
• 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.
• To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow