Quotes by Audrey Hepburn

I always dreamt of the day I would have enough closets -- big ones. some people dream of having a big swimming pool, with me it's closets.

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.

You have two hands. One to help yourself, the second to help others.

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.

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.

As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

There is one difference between a long life and a great dinner; in the dinner, the sweet things come last.

I don't bite you know ... unless it's called for.

Taking care of children has nothing to do with politics. I think perhaps with time, instead of there being a politicization of humanitarian aid, there will be a humanization of politics.

Everything I learned I learned from the
movies.

I think sex is overrated. I don't have sex appeal and I know it. As a matter of fact, I think I'm rather funny looking. My teeth are funny, for one thing, and I have none of the attributes usually required for a movie queen, including the shapeliness.

I speak for those children who cannot speak for themselves, children who have absolutely nothing but their courage and their smiles, their wits and their dreams.

People associate me with a time when movies were pleasant, when women wore pretty dresses in films and you heard beautiful music. I always love it when people write me and and say 'I was having a rotten time, and I walked into a cinema and saw one of your movies, and it made such a difference.'

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.

Pick the day. Enjoy it -- to the hilt.

And I always heard people in New York never get to know their neighbors.

You can always tell what kind of a person a man really thinks you are by the earrings he gives you.

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

Actually, depravity can be terribly boring if you don't smoke or drink.

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

Good things aren't supposed to just fall into your lap. God is very generous, but He expects you to do your part first.

I've always had- how shall I say it? -the prize at the end. My whole life shows that.

The most important job in life is being a mom.

I have always had a reputation for being frugal -- less kind people might call me cheap. But my interest in building up a nest egg goes back to those days in Arnhem when I learned that money can grow, just like trees.

You have to look at yourself objectively. Analyze yourself like an instrument. You have to be absolutely frank with yourself. Face your handicaps, don't try to hide them. Instead, develop something else.

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

It always boils down to the same thing -- not only receiving love, but desperately needing to give it.

Gardening is the greatest tonic and therapy a human being can have. Even if you have only a tiny piece of earth, you can create something beautiful, which we all have a great need for. If we begin by respecting plants, it's inevitable we'll respect people.

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

No. The blues are because you're getting fat and maybe it's been raining too long, you're just sad that's all. The mean reds are horrible. Suddenly you're afraid and you don't know what you're afraid of. Do you ever get that feeling?

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

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.

To be beautiful lips -- say kind words. To my eyes were beautiful -- radiate good. A woman's beauty is not in the clothes, not in its shape or hairstyle. Beauty woman in her eyes, because the eyes -- is the gateway to the heart, where love lives.

For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.

There is a moral obligation that those who have should give to those who don't.

Happy girls are always the prettiest.

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.

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.'

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.

Actually, you have to be a little bit in love with your leading man and vice versa. If you're going to portray love, you have to feel it. You can't do it any other way. But you don't carry it beyond the set.

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.

When I wear a silk scarf I never feel so definitely like a woman, a beautiful woman.

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

No matter where you run, you just end up running into yourself.

I don't take my life seriously, but I do take what I do -- in my life -- seriously .

Only the absolutely determined people succeed.

I believe in miracles.

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.

If you lead a simple life, and that story is written, then that story will not satisfy. It needs an angle. Suppose there is no angle?

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.

There is more to sex appeal than just measurements.

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

Life is a party. Dress for it.

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

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

You mustnt give your heart to a wild thing. The more you do, the stronger they get.

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

Walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

To have beautiful lips, say beautiful things. To have beautiful eyes, look at people and see the good in them.

In Holland and Belgium, and afterwards in England, my happiest moments were in the country. I've always had a passion for the outdoors, for trees, for birds and flowers.

People in Ethiopia, the Sudan, etc., don't know Audrey Hepburn, but they recognize the name UNICEF. When they see UNICEF, their faces light up, because they know that something is happening. In the Sudan, for example, they call a water pump 'UNICEF.'

True beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul.

I believe in kissing, kissing a lot.

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.

Thursday? Oh no, it can't be!  It's too gruesome.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself.

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.

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

I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.

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

I believe in manicures.
I believe in overdressing.
I believe in primping at leisure and wearing lipsitck.

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

Paris is always a good idea.

You may be one person to the world but you may also be the world to one person.

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.

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

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.

If I get married, I want to be very married.

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.

If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.

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

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

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

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

The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries or the way she combs her hair.