Helen Hayes Quotes

• We rely upon the poets, the philosophers, and the playwrights to articulate what most of us can only feel, in joy and 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 will give me the wisdom of acceptance, the will and resilience to push on.

  Helen Hayes

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  Tags in Acceptance, Poetry, Feeling, Will, Philosophy, Courage, Books

• I cry out for order and find it only in art.

  Helen Hayes

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  Tags in Only, Out, Find, Order, Cry

• 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

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• When traveling with someone, take large does 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’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

• The worst constructed play is a Bach fugue when compared to life.

  Helen Hayes

• 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.

  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

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

  Helen Hayes

• 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.

  Helen Hayes

• Stardom can be a gilded slavery.

  Helen Hayes

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

  Helen Hayes

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

  Helen Hayes

• One has to grow up with good talk in order to form the habit of it.

  Helen Hayes

• Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the side lines. For those who play the game, an hour may be a year, a single day’s work an achievement for eternity.

  Helen Hayes

• Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does.

  Helen Hayes

• If you rest, you rust.

  Helen Hayes

• I’m leaving the screen because I don’t think I am very good in the pictures and I have this beautiful dream that I’m elegant on the stage.

  Helen Hayes

• 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.

  Helen Hayes

Helen Hayes (27)

Birth:	10th October, 1900
Death:	17th March, 1993
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actress

About

Helen Hayes MacArthur was born in Washington, D.C., USA. She was an American actress. She eventually garnered the nickname "First Lady of American Theatre" and was one of 12 people who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony Award. Her role in several films include: The Sin of Madelon Claudet(won-Academy Award for Best Actress), A Farewell to Arms, The White Sister, What Every Woman Knows, Vanessa, My Son John, Anastasia, Airport(won-Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress), Herbie Rides Again, One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing, and Candleshoe. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, from then-President Ronald Reagan in 1986.

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