I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts by a simple smile. Goldie Hawn More Quotes by Goldie Hawn More Quotes From Goldie Hawn Never apologize for your success because you worked hard for it. Goldie Hawn apologizing hard Happiness, I think, has to come in the beginning, truly, from feeling a sense of well-being within yourself. To me it's that incredible sense of belonging and peace within your own self and heart that really is joy. Goldie Hawn self heart thinking The key is to learn to respect and honor the complications of other people's lives Goldie Hawn keys honor people So each time you do a shift in your life, right, or you do a change in your life, then sometimes it feels like it's not gonna happen. And your career is not gonna do well. And the next thing you know is that these choices that you make actually catapult you to the next level. Goldie Hawn next-level careers choices You don't have to tell a child not to bully. You know, you talk at kids, they don't hear you, but when you give them a visceral experience, then they have something to remember. Goldie Hawn giving kids children Comedy is like catching lightning in a bottle. Goldie Hawn lightning bottles inspirational I must say that the biggest lesson you can learn in life, or teach your children, is that life is not castles in the skies, happily ever after. The biggest lesson we have to give our children is truth. We're all built with illusions. And they break. Goldie Hawn truth sky children When 9/11 happened, the world, certainly in the United States of America, there was a unity. There was this sense of unity. And I have to say just from a personal level, it really felt good. We all felt the same way. Goldie Hawn unity united-states america We're social animals; we're meant to be together, but we were never necessarily meant to be together without being together. That was never the plan, I don't think. Goldie Hawn together animal thinking I believe you have to start with a craft; you don't just start with a dream. You've got to put a lot of work in. If you want to pursue acting, then you go to acting class. If you want to be a dancer, then you learn to dance, which is what I did. Goldie Hawn dancer dream believe When you're young, you start looking at what you want to do - not just who you want to be, but what you want to do. And I think the tenacity to say, "I'm going to perfect that," is the beginning of a work ethic. It's the beginning of a talent. Goldie Hawn work-ethic perfect thinking Liberation is an interesting word, because you can be liberated from external things, and also from your internal dialogue. Goldie Hawn liberation dialogue interesting I practice Buddhist philosophy and contemplation but I don't know if I'm more of anything. Goldie Hawn buddhist practice philosophy So, but I've always been very realistic about what it is when you're in the public eye. Goldie Hawn public-eye realistic eye My mother loved the Bible. Goldie Hawn mother When I realized this fear, this uncertainty, this potential of dying, I guess I needed something greater to hold onto than what we can see, touch, and smell-and that was the spiritual aspect of God, the nature of God and his relationship to humans. Goldie Hawn smell dying spiritual I'll have a lot of wrinkles on my face, but I feel like my heart will be fat and full. Goldie Hawn wrinkles faces heart So curiosity, I think, is a really important aspect of staying young or youthful. Goldie Hawn stay-strong curiosity thinking If you have a sense of yourself, your mission, your belief system, those things will lead you to success Goldie Hawn missions belief-systems belief Family has always been the most important thing in my life. The only real goal that I ever had was to be a good mother. Goldie Hawn family real mother
