All Helen Hayes Quotes
- Perhaps we have been misguided into taking too much responsibility from our children, leaving them too little room for discovery Been
- Age is not important unless you're a cheese. Age
- From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened you discover that… Book
- Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn't original sin. He's born with the tragedy that he has to… Birthday
- The good die young but not always. The wicked prevail but not consistently. I am confused by life, and I feel safe within the confines… Confines
- When traveling with someone, take large does of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee. Coffee
- The truth is that there is only one terminal dignity - love. And the story of a love is not important - what is important… Capable
- If you rest, you rust. Aging
- We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too. Extraordinary
- Childhood is a short season. Childhood
- The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy. Age
- Actors cannot choose the manner in which they are born. Consequently, it is the one gesture in their lives completely devoid of self-consciousness. Actor
- Only the poet can look beyond the detail and see the whole picture. Beyond
- One has to grow up with good talk in order to form the habit of it. Communication
- Actors work and slave and it is the color of your hair that can determine your fate in the end. Actor
- I'm leaving the screen because I don't think I am very good in the pictures and I have this beautiful dream that I'm elegant on… Beautiful
- People who refuse to rest honorably on their laurels when they reach retirement age seem very admirable to me. Admirable
- Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does. Die
- 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… Achievement
- Everybody starts at the top, and then has the problem of staying there. Lasting accomplishment, however, is still achieved through a long, slow climb and… Accomplishment