Audrey Hepburn ( born Audrey Kathleen Ruston; 4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) was a British actress, model, dancer and humanitarian. Recognized as a film and fashion icon, Hepburn was active during Hollywood’s Golden Age. She was ranked by the American Film Institute as the third-greatest female screen legend in Golden Age Hollywood and was inducted into the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame. Born in Ixelles, a district of Brussels, Hepburn spent her childhood between Belgium, England and the Netherlands. In Amsterdam, she studied ballet with Sonia Gaskell before moving to London in 1948, continuing her ballet training with Marie Rambert, and then performing as a chorus girl in West End musical theatre productions. ( From Wikipedia)
QUOTES BY 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
“My greatest ambition is to have a career without becoming a career woman.” ― Audrey Hepburn
“The beauty of a woman is seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.” ― 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
“No matter where you run, you just end up running into yourself” ― Audrey Hepburn
“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!” ― Audrey Hepburn
“The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it’s all that matters.” ― Audrey Hepburn
“I don’t want to be alone, I want to be left 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
“The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” ― 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
“The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole,but true beauty in a Woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she knows.” ― Audrey Hepburn
“If I get married, I want to be very married.” ― 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
“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
“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
“Why change? Everyone has his own style. When you have found it, you should stick to it.” ― 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
“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
“You can always tell what kind of a person a man really thinks you are by the earrings he gives you.” ― Audrey Hepburn
“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’.” ― 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
“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
“If I’m honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.” ― Audrey Hepburn
“I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.” ― Audrey Hepburn
“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
“People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.” ― Audrey Hepburn
“I’ve been lucky. Opportunities don’t often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.” ― Audrey Hepburn
“Happy girls are the prettiest” ― Audrey Hepburn
“I don’t take my life seriously, but I do take what I do – in my life – seriously -” ― Audrey Hepburn
“Everything I learned I learned from the movies.” ― Audrey Hepburn
“If my world were to cave in tomorrow, I would look back on all the pleasures, excitements and worthwhileness 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
“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
“For me the only things of interests are those linked to the heart” ― 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
“Elegance is the only beauty that never fades.” ― 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
“Some people dream of having a big swimming pool. With me, it’s closets” ― Audrey Hepburn
“Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you’re exactly the same.” ― 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
“There are certain shades of limelight that can wreck a girl’s complexion.” ― Audrey Hepburn
“A woman can be beautiful as well as intellectual.” ― Audrey Hepburn
“As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.” ― Audrey Hepburn
“True friends are families which you can select.” ― 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. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and… I believe in miracles.” ― Audrey Hepburn
“On the one hand maybe I’ve remained infantile, while on the other I matured quickly, because at a young age I was very aware of suffering and fear.” ― Audrey Hepburn
“For my whole life, my favorite activity was reading. It’s not the most social pastime.” ― Audrey Hepburn
“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.” ― Audrey Hepburn
“I tried always to do better: saw always a little further. I tried to stretch myself.” ― Audrey Hepburn
