Always be a first-rate version of yourself.

“Always be a first-rate version of yourself.”

Audrey Hepburn

About This Quote

This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation.

Encourages personal authenticity and continuous self-improvement rather than imitation.

In simple terms: Be your best self.

Key Takeaway

Self-actualization

Themes

self-improvement authenticity personal growth confidence individualism

Mood

inspired motivated empowered

Type

maxim advice

When to use this quote

career development
personal relationships
creative pursuits
leadership
education

Key Concepts

identity excellence

Practical Applications

coaching
self-help literature

Questions to Reflect On

How does striving for personal excellence affect your relationships?
What habits foster becoming a higher version of yourself?

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet

About yourself Always be yourself Always believe in yourself Anti bullying Being bullied Being real Being yourself Belief in self Belief in yourself Boost your confidence Bully Bullying College graduation Comparing yourself to others Convocation Cool graduation Esteem Famous women Graduation Graduation wishes High school graduation Individuality Inspirational Inspirational graduation Inspirational high school graduation Inspirational self confidence Inspirational self esteem Inspirational women Inspirations being yourself Inspiring self esteem Inspiring yourself Love yourself Love yourself more Motivational graduation Not being yourself Old hollywood Originality School graduation Second rate Self esteem Self respect True to oneself True to yourself Version Of Yourself

More by Audrey Hepburn

Water is life, and clean water means health.

Audrey Hepburn

I don't bite you know ... unless it's called for,

Audrey Hepburn

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…

Audrey Hepburn

You can only hope to get a combination of happy work and a happy life.

Audrey Hepburn

True beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul.

Audrey Hepburn

For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.

Audrey Hepburn

Promise me one thing: don't take me home until I'm drunk - very drunk indeed.

Audrey Hepburn

It's sad if people think that's (homemaking) a dull existance, [but] you can't just buy an apartment and furnish it and walk away. It's…

Audrey Hepburn

I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the think I like the most, so laugh, It cures a multitude of…

Audrey Hepburn

My first big mission for UNICEF in Ethiopia was just to attract attention, before it was too late, to conditions which threatened the whole…

Audrey Hepburn

I was born with an enrmous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it

Audrey Hepburn

If my world were to cave in tomorrow, I would look back on all the pleasures, excitements and worthwhilenesses I have been lucky enough…

Audrey Hepburn

I've always had- how shall I say it? -the prize at the end. My whole life shows that.

Audrey Hepburn

I am not beautiful. My mother once called me an ugly duckling. But,listed separately, I have a few good features.

Audrey Hepburn

As a child, I was taught that it was bad manners to bring attention to yourself, and to never, ever make a spectacle of…

Audrey Hepburn

Explore all 213 Audrey Hepburn quotes

More About yourself quotes

“they all have always loved you Will Herondale, for you cannot hide what is good about yourself, however har you try.”

Cassandra Clare

If you can't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?

RuPaul

People are in denial all the time, hiding things. If I tell you a racist or dirty joke and you laugh, you're telling me…

Martin Landau

Change your thoughts, change your life. —LAO TZU When I was fighting depression, I remember hearing this expression and not understanding it at first.…

Demi Lovato

Dreams really tell you about yourself more than anything else in this world could ever tell you.

Sylvia Browne

Celebrate all the things you don't like about yourself. love yourself.

Lady Gaga

Start enjoying the things you like about yourself, and if there are things you want to change, either get to work on it or…

Benji Madden

Always be yourself. There's only one you. You should embrace anything that you don't like about yourself because that's individual and that's you.

Jesy Nelson

It's too distracting to read about yourself. You want to be perfect and you want everyone to love you, and that's never going to…

Saoirse Ronan

If you want to know how to make people shun you and laugh at you behind your back and even despise you, here is…

Dale Carnegie

The only thing a master can teach is how to learn about yourself. There are no secrets. They are only techniques to waken yourself.

Alejandro Jodorowsky

I don't want to sell myself short. You hurt your spouse, not so much by the infidelity, but by the negative feelings about yourself…

Michael Zaslow

A stranger can see in an instant something in you that you might spend years learning about yourself. How awful we all are when…

Stephen Elliott

Knowing is the most profound kind of love, giving someone the gift of knowledge about yourself.

Marsha Norman

Start telling the truth now and never stop. Begin by telling the truth to yourself about yourself. Then tell the truth to yourself about…

Neale Donald Walsch

Browse all 770 About yourself quotes

Always be a first-rate version of yourself.

About This Quote

Related quotes

More by Audrey Hepburn

More About yourself quotes