Helen Hayes Quotes

American - Actress | October 10, 1900 - March 17, 1993

Childhood is a short season.

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ParentingChildhoodShortSeason

If you rest, you rust.

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RestYouRust

We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.

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InspirationalNewsForgettingHeroes

Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does.

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TruthSurviveDieLegendsHardDoes

Age is not important unless you're a cheese.

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AgeYouCheeseImportantUnless

The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.

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LifeSeventyYearsHardestBetween

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 of the theatre.

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LifeGoodI AmTheatreConfusedDie

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 self-discipline.

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ClimbAccomplishmentSlowProblem

When traveling with someone, take large does of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee.

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PatienceMorningCoffeeTravelTake

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 you have wings.

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LoveLaughterParentsLearnYou

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 grow up... a lot of people don't have the courage to do it.

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CouragePeopleGrowBornEarthSin

The truth is that there is only one terminal dignity - love. And 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 are permitted of eternity.

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LoveTruthLove IsTruth IsStory

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