Audrey Hepburn quotes

Audrey Hepburn, a timeless style icon and beloved actress, continues to captivate audiences around the world with her grace, elegance, and philanthropic spirit. Born in 1929, Hepburn rose to fame in the 1950s, winning hearts and critical acclaim with films like "Roman Holiday" and "Breakfast at Tiffany's". Her iconic fashion sense, characterized by Givenchy gowns and the iconic little black dress, still influences trends today. Beyond her on-screen success, Hepburn dedicated herself to humanitarian work as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, advocating for children's rights. With her classic beauty and profound impact, Audrey Hepburn remains an enduring symbol of timeless grace and compassion.

Opportunities don’t often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.

- Audrey Hepburn

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

- Audrey Hepburn

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.

- Audrey Hepburn

Let's face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people; it does for me.

- 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

Paris is always a good idea.

- Audrey Hepburn

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.'

- Audrey Hepburn

I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I'd invented it, because it is very true.

- Audrey Hepburn

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

- Audrey Hepburn

I was asked to act when I couldn't act. I was asked to sing 'Funny Face' when I couldn't sing, and dance with Fred Astaire when I couldn't dance - and do all kinds of things I wasn't prepared for. Then I tried like mad to cope with it.

- 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

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

- Audrey Hepburn

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

- Audrey Hepburn

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.

- Audrey Hepburn

I don't want to be alone, I want to be left alone.

- Audrey Hepburn

The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mode but the true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives the passion that she shows. The beauty of a woman grows with the passing years.

- Audrey Hepburn

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

- Audrey Hepburn

I believe in manicures. I believe in overdressing. I believe in primping at leisure and wearing lipstick. I believe in pink. I believe happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and... I believe in miracles.

- Audrey Hepburn

Everything I learned I learned from the movies.

- Audrey Hepburn

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.

- Audrey Hepburn

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

- Audrey Hepburn

I'm half-Irish, half-Dutch, and I was born in Belgium. If I was a dog, I'd be in a hell of a mess!

- Audrey Hepburn

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.

- Audrey Hepburn

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

- 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 believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. 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.

- Audrey Hepburn

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.

- 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

I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It's probably the most important thing in a person.

- Audrey Hepburn

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.

- Audrey Hepburn