As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
Audrey HepburnRead
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.
Interpretation
This quote celebrates the joy of embracing beauty and positivity in life.
Audrey Hepburn's quote emphasizes the importance of self-care, confidence, and optimism. By highlighting simple pleasures such as manicures and dressing up, she suggests that taking time for oneself and believing in positive outcomes contributes to inner happiness and beauty. The notion that 'happy girls are the prettiest girls' further reinforces that true beauty emanates from a joyful spirit and a belief in life's potential for miracles.
In practice
During a women's empowerment event, one might quote Hepburn to encourage self-love.
As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.
True beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul.
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.
This is what you do on your very first day in Paris. You get yourself, not a drizzle, but some honest-to-goodness rain, and you find yourself someone really nice and drive her through the Bois de Boulogne in a taxi. The rain's very important. That's when Paris smells its sweetest. It's the damp chestnut trees.
I speak for those children who cannot speak for themselves, children who have absolutely nothing but their courage and their smiles, their wits and their dreams.
I'm trying to look at my blessings and how amazingly well against all odds things have turned out for me.
Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison.
I reached for sleep and drew it round me like a blanket muffling pain and thought together in the merciful dark
I would challenge anybody in their darkest moment to write what they're grateful for, even stupid little things like the green grass that made them feel good, the friendly conversation they had with somebody on an alevator. You start to realize how rich you are.
Happiness, in the ancient, noble sense, means self-fulfillment—and is given to those who use to the fullest whatever talents God … bestowed upon them.
Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.
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