Audrey Kathleen Ruston was better known as Audrey Hepburn, she was born in 1929 and died in 1993. She was one of the best actresses of Hollywood’s Golden Age, and one of the most beloved by the public. She played the unforgettable Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and won the hearts of both men and women. Hepburn was more than a symbol of elegance and sophistication, she was a woman with a heart of gold. Her legacy speaks for itself.
She was born in Belgium, but spent her childhood in England and the Netherlands. When the German troops invaded the Netherlands, she had to change her name for a less English-sounding one. She survived the horrors of the Second World War, and witnessed first hand the cruelty of the Nazis. She also participated in the Dutch resistance, as a way to fight against the Third Reich.
“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.”
Being a war survivor made of Hepburn a stronger woman with a humble and kind heart. She then became a Hollywood star, who never forgot her origins. Her beauty and natural elegance never overshadowed her intelligence. She was always humble, and she dreamt and hoped for a better world. She died at the age of 63. All the people who knew her and the ones who only saw her movies, mourned her. “God would be pleased to have an angel like Audrey with him,” Elizabeth Taylor commented in her funeral.
We all should aspire to be more like Audrey Hepburn, and these 25 quotes will teach us to the true meaning of kindness
1. “The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy. It’s all that matters.”
2. “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.”
3. “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.”
4. “When you have nobody you can make a cup of tea for, when nobody needs you, that’s when I think life is over.”
5. “There is more to feminine charm than just measurements. I don’t need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much femininity, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain.”
6. “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.”
7. “Paris is always a good idea.”
8. “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.”
9. “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.”
10. “If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.”
11. “You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.”
12. “Everything I learned I learned from the movies.”
13. “People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.”
14. “Plain women know more about men than beautiful ones do. But beautiful women don’t need to know about men. It’s the men who have to know about beautiful women.”
15. “The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole 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.”
16. “Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you’re exactly the same.”
17. “I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.”
18. “There is a moral obligation that those who have should give to those who don’t.”
19. “Why change? Everyone has his own style. When you have found it, you should stick to it.”
20. “Life is hard. After all, it kills you.”
21. “I don’t take my life seriously, but I do take what I do – in my life – seriously -.”
22. “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.”
23. “My life isn’t theories and formula. It’s part instinct, part common sense. Logic is as good a word as any, and I’ve absorbed what logic I have from everything and everyone… from my mother, from training as a ballet dancer, from Vogue magazine, from the laws of life and health and nature.”
24. “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.”
25″I’m not beautiful. My mother once called me an ugly duckling. But, listed separately, I have a few good features.”