I had lunch the other day with my niece, Emma, and she said, 'You're so smart, Aunt Julia.' And I wanted to say, 'I'm not smart - I'm 41! You're 17!'

You know it's love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you're not part of their happiness.

The older you get, the more fragile you understand life to be. I think that's good motivation for getting out of bed joyfully each day.

Loving what you do is the secret to everything.

True love doesn't come to you it has to be inside you.

Don't forget I'm just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.

Life is so precious. Please, please, let's love one another, live each day, reach out to each other, be kind to each other. Peace be with you. God is great.

We've all been broken at some point. Forgiving ourselves or another person helps us move forward.

The key to beauty is always to be looking at someone who loves you, really.

If you love someone, you say it, right then, out loud. Otherwise, the moment just passes you by.

Why is it so weird that somebody didn't recognize me?... The fact is that whenever I meet somebody, I say, 'Nice to meet you. I'm Julia.'

On ambition, goal setting and competition - it doesn't matter if you lose, but you can't win if you don't play the game.

Christianity is the enemy of liberty and civilization.

Sticking your head in the sand might make you feel safer, but it’s not going to protect you from the coming storm.

Humility - the discipline of putting others ahead of self, the choice to value others above self - is, at its core, a matter of faith.

If we are to prevent the fabric of our society from coming apart, we must teach our children to excel not only academically, but also in their appreciation of their obligation to others.

A lot of period dramas can appear quite arch to most people, stuffy.

So, not for lack of love of language, but because I feel our language is in an enormous state of humiliation, I decided to make films without words.

God did His most magnificent work while Adam was asleep. This episode contains and important insight: When man rests, God works.

Hit the delete button every time fear appears.