Katharine Hepburn Quotes

The whole point of a sacrifice is that you give up something you never really wanted in the first place. People are doing it around you all the time. They give up their careers, say - or their beliefs - or sex.

To be what you want to be, you must give up being what you are.

Everybody wants to be good, but not many are prepared to make the sacrifices it takes to be great. To many people, being nice in order to be liked is more important. There's equal merit in that, but you must not confuse being good with being liked.

The thing is, relationships never work out... until they do. You learn a lot from relationships that don't work out.

I think I've changed a lot as a person.

I don't know that love changes. People change. Circumstances change.

Success did change me. You don't want it to, but it does.

None of us can claim to be fair and square in love - and I'm definitely not a hypocrite! Humans are built to evolve with time. It depends on the nature of the relationship you share with a person. It is there today, tomorrow it may be gone; c'est la vie.

A spiritual partnership is a partnership between equals for the purpose of spiritual growth. Spiritual partners use their delightful experiences together as well as their power struggles to learn about themselves and change themselves.

You kind of restructure your whole personality to be in a healthy relationship.

If we can sacrifice something comfortable, that we're 'too good at,' that might even be holding us back, we'll have more room to grow into the person we want to be.

I'm very interested in how people change.

I always like seeing people transforming themselves, in whatever way that might be, and a different accent is part of that.

People are like plants: They grow; they change every day.

If you realize that you're the problem, then you can change yourself, learn something and grow wiser. Don't blame other people for your problems.

Staying together is a challenge. We all have to accept qualities in other people that aren't always exactly what we want or need.

Some people drop their wings in order to grow a hump

I can't expect people to decide that they will change with me, so I can see why I'm on the old side.

People vary. You change your style, your hair, and the way you dress. Talking differently will be a part of that.

Becoming a mom forced me to re-prioritize and make room for the things that are most important, while recognizing that there are things I can let go of, and the world won't crumble around me.

It's impossible not to constantly adjust the way you look at yourself.

Everyone is different, and every relationship is different, and I think the rules can change, and feelings can change. It's not only about who you're with, but also where you are in your own life and your own process.

In life, unlike in movies, people don't change - what's the word I'm looking for? - absolutely. They change a bit, slowly.

People say I'm the Beatle who changed the most, but to me, that's what life's about.

People who are alone all the time never grow. Those hermits just stay the same. It's only through relationships. Relationships change us and make us grow.