Julie Andrews Quotes

Feed the body food and drink, it will survive today. Feed the soul art and music, it will live forever.

Use your knowledge, and your heart, to stand up for those who can't stand, speak for those who can't speak, be a beacon of light for those whose lives have become dark.

Leave every place you go, everything you touch, a little better for your having been there.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

I have always wished I could learn to be a potter. I love collecting ceramics; it would be so fulfilling to create something lovely.

Behaving like a princess is work. It's not just about looking beautiful or wearing a crown. It's more about how you are inside.

Hopefully, I brought people a certain joy. That will be a wonderful legacy.

The anateur works until they get something right. The professional works until they can't go wrong.

It is not enough to reach for the brass ring. You must also enjoy the merry go round.

Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.

Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.

If you remain calm in the midst of great chaos, it is the surest guarantee the it will eventually subside

Where the Lord closes a door, somewhere He opens a window.

You never feel lonely if you're writing, because you're living with all these characters in your head.

On the whole, I think women wear too much and are to fussy. You can't see the person for all the clutter.

Words are what make the song. I get a personal vision about what the lyrics are about.

Because of the Thames I have always loved inland waterways - water in general, water sounds - there's music in water. Brooks babbling, fountains splashing. Weirs, waterfalls; tumbling, gushing.

I have been called a nun with a switchblade where my privacy is concerned. I think there's a point where one says, that's for family, that's for me.

When in doubt, stand still.

If you just literally stand still for a while, listen and think, things will eventually get sorted out.

Success is failing nineteen times and soaring the twentieth.

I think every young girl at some point in her early life wonders what it's like to be a princess. They like the idea of dressing up and the fun of it.

When adversity hits, go out and learn something.

All careers go up and down like friendships, like marriages, like anything else, and you can't bat a thousand all the time.

Steadiness is coming up short 19 times and succeeding the twentieth.

Beginnings are always hard.

Sometimes I'm so sweet even I can't stand it.

If the director says you can do better, particularly in a love scene, then it is rather embarrassing.

Amateurs practice until they get it right. Professionals practice until it can't go wrong.

Richard Burton rang me up once and said, Do you know you're my only leading lady I've never slept with? I said, Well, please don't tell everybody, it's the worst image.

The world is full of magical places, and the library has always been one of them for me. A library can be that special place for our children.

I am a liberated woman. And I do believe if a woman does equal work she should be paid equal money. But personally I am feminine and I do like male authority to lean on.

All love shifts and changes. I don't know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time.

I would be a fool to deny my own abilities.

Don't you get a swollen head. There's always someone who could come and do what you do, maybe even better, so be grateful and work hard.

Books make great gifts because they're everybody's favorite things.

I'd like to be an original, to be myself and not a pale copy of anyone else.

Be a part of all that is decent and be an ambassador for the kind of world that you want to live in.

For me, singing was always about the lyrics. I'm hopeless at singing songs that don't have a core.

I am very proud to be British. I'm very conscious of carrying my country with me wherever I go. I feel I need to represent it well.

After all, children are children no matter their background.

A library takes the gift of reading one step further by offering personalized learning opportunities second to none, a powerful antidote to the isolation of the Web.

The old fairy tales are very, very violent, and these days I think we could do with a little less of it.

A lot of my life happened in great, wonderful bursts of good fortune, and then I would race to be worthy of it.

Growing up in England, of course you do absorb certain ways the royals wave their hands and carry themselves. Like most girls, I fantasized about being some sort of a princess.

My husband knows me better than anyone.

I hate the word wholesome.

I'm more contented and at peace with myself now than I was as a box-office queen. I'm less uptight. I've even reached a stage where it doesn't shatter me if somebody prints something bad about me.

I'm not singing anymore; that is why I am so pleased to be writing. My daughter said, "You just found a different way of using your voice."

Dear Lady Gaga , thank you for the wonderful tribute. Oh my god, it really warmed my heart!