Julie Andrews Quotes, Thoughts and images

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

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

Well it's all right to cry. It helps a great deal sometimes.

I hate the word wholesome.

It's all about giving back, helping people and encouraging people. I love to do that.

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

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

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.

When in doubt, stand still.

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

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

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

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

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

When adversity hits, go out and learn something.

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.

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

Success is failing nineteen times and soaring the twentieth.

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

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

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

I would like to make one thing quite clear. I never explain anything.

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

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

Beginnings are always hard.

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."

After all, children are children no matter their background.

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.

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.

There is no greater thrill than to sing with a beautiful orchestra.

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

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

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