Katharine Hepburn Quotes

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

Kindness is one of the greatest gifts you can bestow upon another. If someone is in need, lend them a helping hand. Do not wait for a thank you. True kindness lies within the act of giving without the expectation of something in return.

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

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

You can't just be talented: You have to be terribly smart and energetic and ruthless. 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. Don't just show up. Transform the work, yourself, and everybody around you. Be needed. Be interesting. Be something no one else can be--and consistently.

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. Not in the sense of being mean to others, but being tough with yourself and making a deadly effort not to be defeated.

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

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

You are the only person you can actually change

Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.

Life is hard. After all, it kills you.

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

I have no romantic feelings about age. Either you are interesting at any age or you are not. There is nothing particularly interesting about being old - or being young, for that matter.

You can’t change the music of your soul.

You learn in life that the only person you can really correct and change is yourself.

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

Friendship, if somebody holds out his hand toward you, you've got to reach and take it... There are too many people alone, and if you're lucky enough for somebody to want you as a friend, it's an obligation.

Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I've had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly comic attitude. In the final analysis, you have got not to forget to laugh.

Never complain. Never explain.

What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate.

I believe how I act today will affect how I am tomorrow.

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

You politicians remain professional because the voters remain amateur.

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

If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.