Quotes

“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

“There are certain shades of limelight that can wreck a girl's complexion.” Audrey Hepburn

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

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

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.” Helen Keller

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” Helen Keller

“Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.” Helen Keller

“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” Helen Keller

“Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.” Helen Keller

“I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.” Helen Keller

“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.” Helen Keller

“The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart.” Helen Keller

“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” Helen Keller

“Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see.” Helen Keller

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” Helen Keller

“Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.” Helen Keller

“Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same.” Helen Keller

“Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.” Helen Keller

“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.” Helen Keller

“So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.” Helen Keller

“Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.” Helen Keller

“It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.” Helen Keller

“While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done.” Helen Keller

“I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.” Helen Keller

“Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.” Helen Keller

“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” Helen Keller

“Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.” Helen Keller

“All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.” Helen Keller

“As selfishness and complaint pervert the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision.” Helen Keller