Quotes of Helen Hayes - somelinesforyou

“ 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. That he has to leave the nest, the security, and go out to do battle. He has to lose everything that is lovely and fight for a new loveliness of his own making, and it's a tragedy. A lot of people don't have the courage to do it. ”

- Helen Hayes

“ The expert at anything was once a beginner. ”

- Helen Hayes

“ Only the poet can look beyond the detail and see the whole picture. ”

- Helen Hayes

“ All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of spring, I dig my fingers deep into the soft earth. I can feel its energy, and my spirits soar. ”

- 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 are permitted of eternity. ”

- Helen Hayes

“ Age is not important unless you’re a cheese. ”

- Helen Hayes

“ All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of spring, I dig my fingers deep into the soft earth. I can feel its energy, and my spirits soar. ”

- Helen Hayes

“ If you rest, you rust. ”

- 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 illuminate the thoughts for which we only grope; they give us the strength and balm we cannot find in ourselves. Whenever I feel my courage wavering, I rush to them. They give me the wisdom of acceptance, the will and resiliance to push on. ”

- Helen Hayes

“ We live in a very tense society. We are pulled apart... and we all need to learn how to pull ourselves together.... I think that at least part of the answer lies in solitude. ”

- Helen Hayes

“ People who refuse to rest honorably on their laurels when they reach "retirement" age seem very admirable to me. ”

- Helen Hayes

“ There is a price for stardom, and, unfortunately, one's family shares in the payment. ”

- Helen Hayes

“ There is a price for stardom, and, unfortunately, one's family shares in the payment. ”

- Helen Hayes

“ People who refuse to rest honorably on their laurels when they reach "retirement" age seem very admirable to me. ”

- Helen Hayes

“ Life would give her everything of consequence, life would shape her, not we. All we were good for was to make the introductions. ”

- Helen Hayes

“ There is only one terminal dignity - love. ”

- Helen Hayes

“ When Charles first saw our child Mary, he said all the proper things for a new father. He looked upon the poor little red thing and blurted, She's more beautiful than the Brooklyn Bridge. ”

- Helen Hayes

“ An actress's life is so transitory - suddenly you're a building. ”

- Helen Hayes

“ When traveling with someone, take large doses of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee. ”

- Helen Hayes

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

- Helen Hayes

“ There is a price for stardom, and, unfortunately, one's family shares in the payment. ”

- Helen Hayes

“ When traveling with someone, take large doses of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee. ”

- 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 bed-the four-poster-I'll be needing that to die in. ”

- 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 bed-the four-poster-I'll be needing that to die in. ”

- Helen Hayes

“ Lasting accomplishment... Is still achieved through a long, slow climb and self discipline. ”

- Helen Hayes

“ We live in a very tense society. We are pulled apart... and we all need to learn how to pull ourselves together.... I think that at least part of the answer lies in solitude. ”

- Helen Hayes

“ We live in a very tense society. We are pulled apart... and we all need to learn how to pull ourselves together.... I think that at least part of the answer lies in solitude. ”

- Helen Hayes

“ There is a price for stardom, and, unfortunately, one's family shares in the payment. ”

- Helen Hayes

“ We live in a very tense society. We are pulled apart... and we all need to learn how to pull ourselves together.... I think that at least part of the answer lies in solitude. ”

- Helen Hayes

“ Childhood is a short season. ”

- Helen Hayes
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