Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Audrey Hepburn Quotes
LearningLifeMemoryReflectionTime 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.
ChangeMilestonesSelf ReflectionSuccess Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you're exactly the same.
EnjoymentPleasureSimplicity Let's face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people; it does for me.
HappinessIndependenceSelf ReflectionSolitude 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.
HappinessHealthMemoryPerspective I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I'd invented it, because it is very true.
Children S WelfareGratitudeHumanitarian Aid 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.
Self Reliance 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.
CompassionEthicsHumanityMoralitySocial Justice 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.
AppreciationEnjoymentLiving In The Present 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.
ConfidenceInner BeautyKindnessSelf-awareness 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.
ChildhoodFairy TalesImaginationReadingWonder If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.
AccountabilityGroup DynamicsIndividual Responsibility I don't believe in collective guilt, but I do believe in collective responsibility.
GenerosityGlobal AwarenessJusticeResponsibilityUnity 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.
HopeJoyLoveStrength 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.
AcceptanceContentmentSerendipity I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it.
GivingObligationResponsibility There is a moral obligation that those who have should give to those who don't.
Self-Help As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
BeautyInner Beauty The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries or the way she combs her hair.
ActingAuthenticityProfessionalism 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.
ChoiceFamilyLoveParentingPriorities 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.
BeautyOptimismPersonal GroomingSelf-careTransformation 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.
Overcoming ChallengesPerseveranceSuccess 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.
ContentmentGratitudeJoyReflectionResilience 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.
HappinessHumorLaughter 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.