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J. K. Rowling Quotes

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We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are.

We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are.

Love, Inspirational, Dark

We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.

Inspirational, Change, Inspiring

J.K. Rowling (2015). “Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination”, p.72, Hachette UK

Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.

Inspiring, Happiness, Happy

Read as much as you possibly can. Nothing will help you as much as reading.

Reading, Writing, Helping

Failure is not fun. It can be awful. But living so cautiously that you never fail is worse.

Fun, Awful, Failing

The world is full of wonderful things you haven't seen yet. Don't ever give up on the chance of seeing them.

Giving Up, World, Chance

Twitter post from May 4, 2015

We have to choose between what is right, and what is easy.

Choices, Inspirational Tattoo, Potters

If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.

Life, Attitude, Equality

It is important to remember that we all have magic inside us.

Life, Believe, Magic

It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ch. 18 (1999)

There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction; the moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you.

Lying, Responsibility, Parent

J.K. Rowling (2015). “Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination”, p.25, Hachette UK

Failure is so important. We speak about success all the time. It is the ability to resist failure or use failure that often leads to greater success. I've met people who don't want to try for fear of failing.

Failure, People, Important

Don't let the muggles get you down.

Muggles, Hogwarts, Magic Harry Potter

J.K. Rowling (2015). “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”, p.15, Pottermore

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

Inspirational, Friendship, Courage

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ch. 17 (1997)

It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might has well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.

Inspirational, Success, Graduation

Achievable goals are the first step to self improvement.

Self, Goal, Firsts

I believe in hard work and luck, and that the first often leads to the second

Believe, Hard Work, Luck

Wherever I am, if I've got a book with me, I have a place I can go and be happy

Happiness, Happy, Book

Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.

Inspirational, Change, Wise

Imagination is ... the foundation of all invention and innovation.

Imagination, Innovation, Foundation

The knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger from setbacks means that you are, ever after, secure in your ability to survive. You will never truly know yourself, or the strength of your relationships, until both have been tested by adversity. Such knowledge is a true gift, for all that it is painfully won, and it has been worth more than any qualification I ever earned.

Mean, Adversity, Stronger

It's our choices, more than anything, that show who we really are.

Choices, Shows, Our Choices

We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.

Inspirational, Strength, Inspiring

Secretly we're all a little more absurd than we make ourselves out to be.

Littles, Absurd, International Women's Day

There will always be a easy path and a right path.

Path, Easy, Right Path

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