Top 51 Most Inspiring Katharine Hepburn Quotes (SUCCESS)

The thing about life is that you must survive. Life is going to be difficult, and dreadful things will happen. What you do is move along, get on with it, and be tough.

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get – only with what you are expecting to give – which is everything.

If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.

As one goes through life, one learns that if you don’t paddle your own canoe, you don’t move.

I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

You can’t just be talented. You also have to become necessary to people, by working hard and well and bringing more than your bones and your skin to the project.

I’m an atheist, and that’s it. I believe there’s nothing we can know except that we should be kind to each other and do what we can for other people.

You can’t change the music of your soul.

I’m a personality as well as an actress. Show me an actress who isn’t a personality, and you’ll show me a woman who isn’t a star.

Life is hard. After all, it kills you.

Without discipline, there’s no life at all.

You are the only person you can actually change.

If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.

As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.

Nobody owes anybody anything; it’s up to each individual to set high standards for himself or herself, and to set about working hard and creating a solid future.

If you need a helping hand, you can find one at the end of your arm.

Don’t give in! Make your own trail. Don’t moan. Don’t complain. Think positively.

It’s not what you start in life, it’s what you finish.

I have not lived as a woman. I have lived as a man. I’ve just done what I damn well wanted to, and I made enough money to support myself, and I ain’t afraid of being alone.

Life gets harder the smarter you get, the more you know.

Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.

Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn’t interest you, don’t do it – I would have made a terrible mother.

I have many regrets, and I’m sure everyone does. The stupid things you do, you regret if you have any sense, and if you don’t regret them, maybe you’re stupid.

Never complain. Never explain.

Wouldn’t it be great if people could get to live suddenly as often as they die suddenly?

Children need boundaries, so they can know how far they have to go to get beyond them.

What in the world would we do without our libraries?

If you want to give up the admiration of thousands of men for the distain of one, go ahead, get married.

Only the really plain people know about love — the very fascinating ones try so hard to create an impression that they soon exhaust their talents.