Audrey Hepburn Quotes

My 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 liked to be, but I’ve decided I’m not so bad after all.

Laughing is the best calorie burner.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself.

The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Living is like tearing through a museum. Not until later do you really start absorbing what you saw, thinking about it, looking it up in a book, and remembering – because you can’t take it in all at once.

Life is a party. Dress for it.

I can testify to what UNICEF means to children because I was among those who received food and medical relief right after World War II.

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.

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

Paris is always a good idea.