2. “As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands—one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.”
3. “I’m an introvert. I love being by myself, , love taking a long walk with my dogs and looking at the trees, flowers, and the sky.”
4. “Nothing is impossible. The word itself says, ‘I’m possible!’”
5. “True friends are families which you can select.”
6. “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.”
7. “People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed.”
8. “I don’t want to be alone, I want to be left alone.”
9. “The most important thing is to enjoy your life, to be happy. That’s all that matters.”
10. “It is the caring that she lovingly gives—the passion that she shows. The beauty of a woman grows with the passing years.”
11. “Paris is always a good idea.”
12. “Anyone who does not believe in miracles is not a realist.”
13. “I believe in miracles.”
14. “The beauty of a woman must be seen from , because that is the doorway to her heart—the place where love resides.”
15. “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.”
16. “You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.”
17. “Never anything that makes you smile.”
18. “Beauty is being the best possible version of yourself—inside and out.”
19. “The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.”
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20. “If I get married, I want to be very married.”
21. “Your heart just breaks, that’s all. But you can’t judge or point fingers. You just have to be lucky enough to find someone who appreciates you.”
22. “Cheating on a good woman is like choosing trash over treasure.”
23. “I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.”
24. “Everything I learned, I learned from the movies.”
25. “I’d never worry about age if I knew I could go on being loved and have the possibility to love.”
26. “Who thinks you’re as fantastic as your dog does?”
27. “If we are meant to ‘love thy neighbor as thyself,’ then surely we should love the world’s children as our own.”
28. “Take care of the small circle around you. When you have succeeded with them, then move outwards, one small step at a time.”
29. “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 for a person.”
30. “Never throw out anyone.”
31. “It always boils down to the same thing—not only receiving love, but desperately needing to give it.”
32. “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.’”
33. “We all want to be loved, don’t we? Everyone looks for a way of finding love. It’s a constant search for affection in every walk of life.”
34. “Promise me one thing—don’t take me home until I’m drunk, very drunk indeed.”
35. “I may not always be offered work, but I’ll always have my family.”
36. “And I always heard people in New York never get to know their neighbors.”
37. “For me, the only things of interest are those linked to the heart.”
38. “Love is action. It isn’t just talk, and it never was.”
39. “Fewer things are lovelier to me than a full-blown rose when it opens up its heart.”
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40. “To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.”
41. “My greatest ambition is to have a career without becoming a career woman.”
42. “Only the absolutely determined people succeed.”
43. “I believe that tomorrow is another day.”
44. “Always be a first-rate version of yourself.”
45. “No matter where you run, you just end up running into yourself.”
46. “I believe, every day, you should have at least one exquisite moment.”
47. “You have to look at yourself objectively. Analyze yourself like an instrument. You have to be absolutely frank with yourself. Face your handicaps, don’t try to hide them. Instead, develop something else.”
48. “Why change? Everyone has his own style. When you have found it, you should stick to it.”
49. “I’ve been lucky. Opportunities don’t often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.”
50. “If I’m honest, I have to tell you I still read fairy tales and I like them best of all.”
51. “I will not rest until no child goes hungry. All is possible.”
52. “A quality education has the power to transform societies in a single generation, provide children with the protection they need from the hazards of poverty, labor exploitation and disease, and give them the knowledge, skills, and confidence to reach their full potential.”
53. “I’ve had my share of difficult moments, but whatever difficulties I’ve gone through, I’ve always gotten a prize at the end.”
54. “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.”
55. “I lack self-confidence. I don’t know whether I shall ever get it. Perhaps it is better to be unsure of yourself, as I am. But it is very tiring.”
56. “It is too much to hope that I shall keep up my success. I don’t ask for that. All I shall do is my best, and hope.”
57. “You can only hope to get a combination of happy work and a happy life.”
58. “I don’t want to own anything until I find a place where me and things go together. I’m not sure where that is, but I know what it is like. It’s like Tiffany’s.”
59. “For my whole life, my favorite activity was reading. It’s not the most social pastime.”
60. “When you have nobody you can make a cup of tea for, when nobody needs you, that’s when I think life is over.”
61. “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.”
62. “I don’t take my life seriously, but I do take what I do—in my life—seriously.”
63. “Whatever you love most, you fear you might lose, you know it can change. Why do you look from left to right when you cross the street? Because you don’t want to get run over, but you still cross the street.”
64. “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.”
65. “Taking care of children has nothing to do with politics. I think perhaps with time, instead of there being a politicisation of humanitarian aid, there will be a humanisation of politics.”
66. “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.”
67. “On the one hand, maybe I’ve remained infantile, while on the other I matured quickly, because at a young age I was very aware of suffering and fear.”
68. “Giving is living. If you stop wanting to give, there’s nothing more to live for.”
69. “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 me ever seeking it.”
70. “I don’t believe in collective guilt, but I do believe in collective responsibility.”
71. “I realize that most of us live on the skin—on the surface—without appreciating just how wonderful it is simply to be alive at all.”
72. “What would be awful would be to die and look back miserably, seeing only the bad things, the opportunities missed, or what could have been.”
73. “As a matter of fact, I rather feel like expressing myself now.”
74. “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!”
75. “When the chips are down, you are alone, and loneliness can be terrifying. Fortunately, I’ve always had a chum I could call. And I love to be alone. It doesn’t bother me one bit. I’m my own company.”
76. “I never expected to be a star, never counted on it, never even wanted it. Not that I didn’t enjoy it all when it happened.”
77. “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.”
78. “I never thought I’d land in pictures with a face like mine.”
79. “You can always tell what kind of a person a man really thinks you are by the earrings he gives you.”
80. “True beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul.”
81. “Life is a party. Dress for it.”
82. “Let’s face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people; it does for me.”
83. “Make-up can only make you look pretty on the outside, but it doesn’t help if you’re ugly on the inside. Unless you eat make-up.”
84. “Elegance is the only beauty that never fades.”
85. “To pull off any look, wear it with confidence.”
86. “When I wear a silk scarf, I never feel so definitely like a woman—a beautiful woman.”
87. “I love people who make me laugh!”
88. “A woman can be beautiful as well as intellectual.”
89. “Happiness is health and a short memory!”
90. “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.”
91. “The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair.”
92. “There is for every woman.”
93. “For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day.”
94. “Good things aren’t supposed to just fall into your lap. God is very generous, but He expects you to do your part first.”
95. “Some people dream of having a big swimming pool. With me, it’s closets.”
96. “There are more important things than outward appearance. No amount of makeup can cover an ugly personality.”
97. “I have no illusions about my looks. I think my face is funny.”
98. “Pick the day. Enjoy it—to the hilt.”
99. “My look is attainable. Women can look like Audrey Hepburn by flipping out their hair, buying the large sunglasses, and the little sleeveless dresses.”
100. “I always tried to do better—always saw a little further. I tried to stretch myself.”
