Audrey Hepburn Quotes

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

For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.

Happy girls are always the prettiest

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

I love people who make me laugh!

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

Fewer things are lovelier to me than a full-blown rose when it opens up its heart.

The most important thing is growing old gracefully.

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.

You go back. You search for what made you happy when you were smaller. We are all grown up children, really... So one should go back and search for what was loved and found to be real.

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.

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.

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

To pull off any look, wear it with confidence.

Is there anything more important than a child?

I don’t take my life seriously, but I do take what I do – in my life – seriously -

For my whole life, my favorite activity was reading. It's not the most social pastime.

Everything I learned I learned from the movies.

Paris is always a good idea.

Some people dream of having a big swimming pool. With me, it’s closets

When you have nobody you can make a cup of tea for, when nobody needs you, that's when I think life is over.

Only the absolutely determined people succeed.

I have a long-lasting gratitude and trust for what UNICEF does.

And the beauty of a woman, with passing years only grows!

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. I really hope no one misinterprets this quote as being about masturbation.

I don't believe in collective guilt, but I do believe in collective responsibility.

As a child, I was taught that it was bad manners to bring attention to yourself, and to never, ever make a spectacle of yourself ... All of which I've earned a living doing.

I have no illusions about my looks. I think my face is funny.

True friends are families which you can select.

I don't want to own anything until I find a place where me and things go together. I'm not sure where that is but I know what it is like. It's like Tiffany's.

A woman can be beautiful as well as intellectual.

To be happy - that's all that matters.

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.

The most important job in life is being a mom.

Take care of the small circle around you. When you have succeeded with them, then move outwards, one small step at a time.

I lack self-confidence. I don't know whether I shall ever get it. Perhaps it is better to be unsure of your self, as I am. But it is very tiring.

I hope for better things, and I thank God the world is also full of people who want to be genuine and kind.

I believe in kissing, kissing a lot.

I am not beautiful. My mother once called me an ugly duckling. But,listed separately, I have a few good features.

I never thought I'd land in pictures with a face like mine.

If we are meant to "love thy neighbor as theyself," then surely we should love the world's children as our own.

Never throw out anyone.

Look, whenever I hear or read I’m beautiful, I simply don’t understand it … I’m certainly not beautiful in any conventional way. I didn't make my career on beauty.

Living is like tearing through a museum.

For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day.

My greatest ambition is to have a career without becoming a career woman.

Ive had my share of difficult moments, but whatever difficulties Ive gone through, Ive always gotten a prize at the end.

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

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.

Work as hard as you can, whatever you do, and try to spread generosity of spirit.