Julie Andrews Quotes

Success is failing nineteen times and soaring the twentieth.

There is only one possible road you can take,' he said, 'and that is t go by way of your imagination.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th time.

Not everyone believes that I'm a fairy princess, but the sparkle I feel inside tells me that it's true.

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

I know that I am — all that I am.
And all that I am
is full and ripe.

All that I am is standing still,
waiting and watching
and bursting with life.

Holding the straining seams of my skin,
my passion and wit
and my sanity in.

Waiting for someone
to soothe and to say
“I understand. You’re home.

I’ve come to realize that home is a feeling as much as it is a place; it is as much about loving what I do as being where I am.

You must never be embarrassed when you are moved by music?' [“Madame” Lilian Stiles-Allen] counseled. 'It shows that you are a sensitive human being, capable of much feeling.

Have you noticed how nobody ever looks up? Nobody looks at chimneys, or trees against the sky, or the tops of buildings. Everybody just looks down at the pavement or their shoes. The whole world could pass them by and most people wouldn't notice.
Julie Andrews Edwards

home is a feeling as much as it is a place; it is as much about loving what I do as being where I am.

I wouldn't mind that as my epitaph.

Dancers can look at a mirror, a writer can look at a page, and a painter can look at a canvas and see their work reflected back at them. But singers can only hear and feel what they are doing. After all the training, technique, use of breath, and placement of sound, it boils down to an emotional response to music and lyrics — -and the way they touch one's heart and soul

All my life I have struggled with making decisions — which I blame on being a true Libra —

I think, when singing, one exposes one’s soul,” I said. “How so?” I struggled to explain. “Dancers can look at a mirror, a writer can look at a page, and a painter can look at a canvas and see their work reflected back at them. But singers can only hear and feel what they are doing. After all the training, technique, use of breath, and placement of sound, it boils down to an emotional response to music and lyrics — and the way they touch one’s heart and soul.

I've never minded being disciplined. I'd always rather have a quiet evening in than go to a wild party. Discipline for me has always been the foundation which leaves me free to fly.