Helen Hayes Brown was an American actress. Her career spanned almost 70 years. She eventually garnered the nickname "First Lady of the American Theatre". Hayes also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, National Medal of Arts.
“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
“If you rest, you rust.”
― Helen Hayes
“Love is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity.”
― Helen Hayes
“Age is not important unless you're a cheese.”
― 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
“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
“The faster we travel, the less there is to see.”
― Helen Hayes
“Actors work and slave and it is the color of your hair that can determine your fate in the end.”
― Helen Hayes
“The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.”
― 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
“If you rest, you rust.”
― Helen Hayes
“Love is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity.”
― Helen Hayes
“Age is not important unless you're a cheese.”
― 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
“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
“The faster we travel, the less there is to see.”
― Helen Hayes
“Actors work and slave and it is the color of your hair that can determine your fate in the end.”
― Helen Hayes
“The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.”
― Helen Hayes
