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Audrey Hepburn was born and raised in Belgium and began her acting career in the late 1930s. Hepburn transitioned from an unknown performer to one of the most iconic actresses of all time by the grace of her beauty, charm, and talent.
She was born on May 4th, 1929, in Brussels, Belgium. Her mother named her Audrey Maria after the character in a short story by Belgian author George Sand called “L’Aiglon.” A cook and a governess raised her until she was eleven years old when she moved to Paris with her family, where they lived for three years before moving back to Belgium.
Many people consider Audrey Hepburn to be the epitome of Hollywood glamour. However, many also forget that she was a very talented actress with more than 75 films under her belt. She is one of the most iconic actresses of all time. She has been featured in many movies and has been regarded as the “most beautiful woman ever to live.”
Following her inspirational quotes will open your mind, allowing you to take action for your goals and succeed.
75 Inspiring Audrey Hepburn Quotes
“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.”
“Opportunities don’t often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.”
“Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you’re exactly the same.”
“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.”
“Some people dream of having a big swimming pool. With me, it’s closets.”
“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.”
“Why change? Everyone has his own style. When you have found it, you should stick to it.”
“Walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.”
“I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.”
“Good things aren’t supposed to just fall into your lap. God is very generous, but He expects you to do your part first.”
“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says I’m possible.”
“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.”
“There is a shade of red for every woman.”
“I believe, every day, you should have at least one exquisite moment.”
“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.”
“I tried always to do better. Saw always a little further. I tried to stretch myself.”
“Always be the leading lady of your own life.”
“I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I believe in miracles.”
“There is more to sex appeal than just measurements.”
“I have learnt how to live…how to be in the world and of the world, and not just to stand aside and watch.”
“As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.”
“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 don’t take my life seriously, but I do take what I do in my life seriously.”
“My greatest ambition is to have a career without becoming a career woman.”
“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.”
“As you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others.”
“Giving is living. If you stop wanting to give, there’s nothing more to live for.”
“I may not always be offered work, but I’ll always have my family.”
“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.”
“There are more important things than outward appearance. No amount of makeup can cover an ugly personality.”
“The most important thing is to enjoy your life, to be happy, it’s all that matters.”
“You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.”
“It is too much to hope that I shall keep up my success. I don’t ask for that. All I shall do is my best – and hope.”
“I love being by myself, love being outdoors, love taking a long walk with my dogs and looking at the trees, flowers, the sky.” ”
“Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it’s at the end of your arm.”
“As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.”
“When you have nobody you can make a cup of tea for, when nobody needs you, that’s when I think life is over.”
“Life is a party. Dress like it.”
“I don’t take my life seriously, but I do take what I do in my life I take seriously.”
“You can always tell what kind of a person a man really thinks you are by the earrings he gives you.”
“When the chips are down, you are alone, and loneliness can be terrifying. Fortunately, I’ve always had a chum I could call. And I love to be alone. It doesn’t bother me one bit. I’m my own company.”
“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.”
“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible!”
“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.”
“There are certain shades of limelight that can wreck a girl’s complexion.”
“Beuty is being the best possible version of yourself, inside and out.”
“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.”
“The most important thing is to enjoy your life. To be happy. It’s all that matters.”
“Nothing is impossible. The word itself says ‘I’m possible!’”
“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 me ever seeking it.”
“I’ve been lucky. Opportunities don’t often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.”
“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.”
“The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.”
“People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.”
“A woman can be beautiful as well as intellectual.”
“The beauty in 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 and that she lovingly gives the passion that she shows and the beauty of a woman only grows with passing years.”
“They say love is the best investment; the more you give, the more you get in return.”
“I don’t take my life seriously, but I do take what I do – in my life – seriously.”
“I have learnt how to live, how to be in the world and of the world, and not just to stand aside and watch.”
“True friends are families which you can select.”
“I never thought I’d land in pictures with a face like mine.”
“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.”
“Forgive Quickly. Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably and never regret anything that made you smile.”
“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.”
“I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I’d invented it, because it is very true.”
“There is a moral obligation that those who have should give to those who don’t.”
“I don’t believe in collective guilt, but I do believe in collective responsibility.”
“I’d be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment. That’s how I refuel.”
“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.”
“For me the only things of interests are those linked to the heart.”
“I have learnt how to live… how to be in the world and of the world, and not just to stand aside and watch.”
“Anyone who does not believe in miracles is not a realist.”
“Elegance is the only beauty that never fades.”