Audrey Hepburn

British actress, humanitarian

Audrey Hepburn quotes


British actress Audrey Hepburn is a Hollywood legend who became the first actress to win an Oscar, Golden Globe, and a BAFTA for a single performance. She was a superstar of the big screen throughout her life and starred alongside many of the finest performers of her generation in hits like Breakfast at Tiffany’s, My Fair Lady, and Wait Until Dark.

She was also a humanitarian and philanthropist, receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her work with UNICEF. You don’t need to be an aspiring actor to take inspiration from Hepburn’s words, as her comments are relatable and applicable to people from all walks of life and in various industries.

 

Audrey Hepburn quotes about love, aspiration, belief


 
The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy – it’s all that matters.
- Audrey Hepburn
Anyone who does not believe in miracles is not a realist.
- Audrey Hepburn
No matter where you run, you just end up running into yourself
- Audrey Hepburn
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.
- 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
I never thought I’d land in pictures with a face like mine.
- Audrey Hepburn
Elegance is the only beauty that never fades.
- Audrey Hepburn
To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.
- Audrey Hepburn
Somebody said to me the other day, 'You know, it's really senseless, what you're doing. There's always been suffering, there will always be suffering, and you're just prolonging the suffering of these children [by rescuing them].' My answer is, 'Okay, then, let's start with your grandchild. Don't buy antibiotics if it gets pneumonia. Don't take it to the hospital of it has an accident. It's against life-against humanity-to think that way.
- Audrey Hepburn
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.
- 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.
- Audrey Hepburn
I don’t take my life seriously, but I do take what I do in my life I take seriously.
- 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
Is there anything more important than a child?
- 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
Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you're exactly the same.
- Audrey Hepburn
My greatest ambition is to have a career without becoming a career woman.
- Audrey Hepburn
I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls.
- Audrey Hepburn
I lack self-confidence. I don’t know whether I shall ever get it. Perhaps it is better to be unsure of yourself, as I am. But it is very tiring.
- 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
And the beauty of a woman, with passing years only grows!
- Audrey Hepburn
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