Helen Hayes Quotes

"Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does."
-Helen Hayes

"My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others. That is nice but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success."
-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

"Only the poet can look beyond the detail and see the whole picture."
-Helen Hayes

"When traveling with someone, take large doses of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee."
-Helen Hayes in Travel quotes.

"If you rest, you rust."
-Helen Hayes

"My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that 'achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others, and that's nice, too, but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success.'"
-Helen Hayes in Success quotes.

"Childhood is a short season."
-Helen Hayes in Childhood quotes.

"Age is not important unless you're a cheese."
-Helen Hayes

"Every human being is born with a tragedy , and it isn't orginal sin. He is born with the tragedy that he has to grow up. A lot of people don't have the courage to do it."
-Helen Hayes

"Always aim for achievement, and forget about success."
-Helen Hayes