Honestly, who doesn’t love Audrey Hepburn? A successful actress and humanitarian, Ms. Hepburn was as articulate as she was beautiful. Here are 18 of her most inspirational and relatable quotes on life:
“True friends are families which you can select.”
“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!”
“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’ve been lucky. Opportunities don’t often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.”
“I don’t take my life seriously, but I do take what I do—in my life—seriously.”
“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 tried always to do better: saw always a little further. I tried to stretch myself.”
“A woman can be beautiful as well as an intellectual.”
“As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.”
“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.”
“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.”
“People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.”
“Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you’re exactly the same.”
“I have learnt how to live… how to be in the world and of the world, and not just to stand aside and watch.”
“I don’t want to be alone, I want to be left alone.”
“I don’t believe in collective guilt, but I do believe in collective responsibility.”
“Let’s face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people; it does for me.”
“The greatest victory has been to be able to live with myself, to accept my shortcomings… 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.”
Audrey Hepburn was evidently very insightful. She possesed the gift to address the common issues of life with a very human voice, which allows her words be applicable to so many people. Though she may be gone, her words and wisdom live on.
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