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> [Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the side lines. For those who play the game, an hour may be a year, a single day's work an achievement for eternity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hayes/mere-longevity-is-a-good-thing-for-those-who-watch-life-from-the-side/)

[Helen Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-hayes/)

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## More by Helen Hayes

> [An actress always knows when she's hit it and mostly you haven't; but once or twice I think I hit it right, so maybe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hayes/an-actress-always-knows-when-she-s-hit-it-and-mostly-you-haven-t-but/)

[Helen Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-hayes/)

> [The good die young but not always. The wicked prevail but not consistently. I am confused by life, and I feel safe within the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hayes/the-good-die-young-but-not-always-the-wicked-prevail-but-not/)

[Helen Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-hayes/)

> [The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hayes/the-hardest-years-in-life-are-those-between-ten-and-seventy/)

[Helen Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-hayes/)

> [“From your parents you learn love & laughter & how to put one foot in front of the other. But when books are opened,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hayes/from-your-parents-you-learn-love-laughter-how-to-put-one-foot-in/)

[Helen Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-hayes/)

> [“From your parents, you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot in front of the other. But when books are opened,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hayes/from-your-parents-you-learn-love-and-laughter-and-how-to-put-one-foot/)

[Helen Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-hayes/)

> [In the last stages of a final illness, we need only the absence of pain and the presence of family.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hayes/in-the-last-stages-of-a-final-illness-we-need-only-the-absence-of/)

[Helen Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-hayes/)

> [I'm a boss by nature. I'm bossy. I'm not imperious, but I don't really want people to curtsy low before me and back out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hayes/i-m-a-boss-by-nature-i-m-bossy-i-m-not-imperious-but-i-don-t-really/)

[Helen Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-hayes/)

> [The story of a love is not important-what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hayes/the-story-of-a-love-is-not-important-what-is-important-is-that-one-is/)

[Helen Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-hayes/)

> [There's a little vanity chair that Charlie gave me the first Christmas we knew each other. I'll not be parting with that, nor our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hayes/there-s-a-little-vanity-chair-that-charlie-gave-me-the-first/)

[Helen Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-hayes/)

> [“Always aim for achievement, and forget about success.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hayes/always-aim-for-achievement-and-forget-about-success/)

[Helen Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-hayes/)

> [Love is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hayes/love-is-perhaps-the-only-glimpse-we-are-permitted-of-eternity/)

[Helen Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-hayes/)

> [Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hayes/legends-die-hard-they-survive-as-truth-rarely-does/)

[Helen Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-hayes/)

> [We rely upon the poets, the philosophers, and the playwrights to articulate what most of us can only feel, in joy or sorrow. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hayes/we-rely-upon-the-poets-the-philosophers-and-the-playwrights-to/)

[Helen Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-hayes/)

> [There is only one terminal dignity - love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hayes/there-is-only-one-terminal-dignity-love/)

[Helen Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-hayes/)

> [Egocentrics are attracted to the inept. It gives them one more excuse for patting themselves on the back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hayes/egocentrics-are-attracted-to-the-inept-it-gives-them-one-more-excuse/)

[Helen Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-hayes/)

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