Jk Rowling Inspiring Quotes

To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.

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

Is 'fat' really the worst thing a human being can be? Is 'fat' worse than 'vindictive', 'jealous', 'shallow', 'vain', 'boring' or 'cruel'? Not to me.

Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.

There is no good and evil, there is only power and those too weak to seek it.

It was, he thought, the difference between being dragged into the arena to face a battle to the death and walking into the arena with your head held high. Some people, perhaps, would say that there was little to choose between the two ways, but Dumbledore knew - and so do I, thought Harry, with a rush of fierce pride, and so did my parents - that there was all the difference in the world.

Dumbledore will only leave from Hogwarts when there are none loyal to him!

What would come, would come...and you would have to meet it, when it did.

Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world.

We can't choose our fate, but we can choose others. Be careful in knowing that.

Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences.

Newt Scamander: My philosophy is that worrying means you suffer twice.

Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.

Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies.

I am what I am, an’ I’m not ashamed. 'Never be ashamed,’ my ol’ dad used ter say, ‘there’s some who’ll hold it against you, but they’re not worth botherin’ with.

Call him Voldemort, Harry. Always use the proper name for things. Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.

You must accept the reality of other people. You think that reality is up for negotiation, that we think it's whatever you say it is. You must accept that we are as real as you are; you must accept that you are not God.

What's most important in a friendship? Tolerance and loyalty.

I am not worried, Harry," said Dumbledore, his voice a little stronger despite the freezing water. "I am with you.

The mistake ninety-nine percent of humanity made, as far as Fats could see, was being ashamed of what they were; lying about it, trying to be somebody else.

Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also

Have to? Of course you have to! But only because of you, Harry, won't rest until Voldemort is finished! Think now, for once, if you have never heard of the prophecy! What would you do?

That's chess!" snapped Ron. "You've got to make some sacrifices!

Hope springs forever.

Don't count your owls before they are delivered.

Be ruthless about protecting writing days, i.e., do not cave in to endless requests to have "essential" and "long overdue" meetings on those days. The funny thing is that, although writing has been my actual job for several years now, I still seem to have to fight for time in which to do it. Some people do not seem to grasp that I still have to sit down in peace and write the books, apparently believing that they pop up like mushrooms without my connivance. I must therefore guard the time allotted to writing as a Hungarian Horntail guards its firstborn egg.

But Dobby shouted, "You shall not harm Harry Potter! ... He got up, face livid, and pulled out his wand, but Dobby raised a long, threatening finger. "You shall go now," he said fiercely, pointing down at Mr. Malfoy. "You shall not touch Harry Potter. You shall go now.

All we do is read the stupid textbook," said Ron.

You will never truly know yourself, or the strength of your relationships, until both have been tested by adversity.

Failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was.

Harry, despite your privileged insight into Voldemort’s world (which, incidentally, is a gift any Death Eater would kill to have), you have never been seduced by the Dark Arts, never, even for a second, shown the slightest desire to become one of Voldemort’s followers!” “Of course I haven’t!” said Harry indignantly. “He killed my mum and dad!” “You are protected, in short, by your ability to love!” said Dumbledore loudly.

Don’ you worry, Harry. You’ll learn fast enough. Everyone starts at the beginning at Hogwarts, you’ll be just fine. Just be yerself. I know it’s hard. Yeh’ve been singled out, an’ that’s always hard. But yeh’ll have a great time at Hogwarts — I did — still do, ’smatter of fact.

EXPECTO PATRONUM!!!

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

I think the willfully unimaginative see more monsters. They are often more afraid.

One of the many things I learned at the end of that Classics corridor down which I ventured at the age of 18, in search of something I could not then define, was this, written by the Greek author Plutarch: What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality. That is an astonishing statement and yet proven a thousand times every day of our lives. It expresses, in part, our inescapable connection with the outside world, the fact that we touch other people’s lives simply by existing.

Bill was — there was no other word for it — cool. He was tall, with long hair that he had tied back in a ponytail. He was wearing an earring with what looked like a fang dangling from it. Bill’s clothes would not have looked out of place at a rock concert, except that Harry recognized his boots to be made, not of leather, but of dragon hide.

And don’t forget: Elvendork! It’s unisex!

He wanted to be stopped, to be dragged back, to be sent back home... But he was home. Hogwarts was the first and best home he had known. He and Voldemort and Snape, the abandoned boys, had all found home here...

Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is RIGHT and what is easy.

Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies. You must know this, Dumbledore.

Had I really succeeded at anything else, I might never have found the determination to succeed in the one arena where I believed I truly belonged.

Don’t worry, You’re just as sane as I am. - Luna Lovegood

Actually, I'm highly logical, which allows me to look past extraneous detail and perceive clearly that which others overlook.

I hope that even if you remember not a single word of mine, you remember those of Seneca, another of those old Romans I met when I fled down the Classics corridor, in retreat from career ladders, in search of ancient wisdom: As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.

Well, he should have some chocolate, at the very least,' said Madam Pomfrey

When I'm really stressed or overwhelmed I turn to biographies of people who've led turbulent lives. I feel it soothing and inspiring to read about people who've endured and overcome.

Control your emotions! Discipline your mind!

The dementors affect you worse than the others because there are horrors in your past that others don't have.

Harry screwed up his face and buried it in his hands.. Did this make him as arrogant as Draco Malfoy? Did he think himself superior to everyone else? Did he really believe he was better than Ron?

Now you might think that I chose my second theme, the importance of imagination, because of the part it played in rebuilding my life, but that is not wholly so. Though I personally will defend the value of bedtime stories to my last gasp, I have learned to value imagination in a much broader sense. Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power that enables us to empathise with humans whose experiences we have never shared.

I shall never forget the African torture victim, a young man no older than I was at the time, who had become mentally ill after all he had endured in his homeland. He trembled uncontrollably as he spoke into a video camera about the brutality inflicted upon him. He was a foot taller than I was, and seemed as fragile as a child. I was given the job of escorting him back to the Underground Station afterwards, and this man whose life had been shattered by cruelty took my hand with exquisite courtesy, and wished me future happiness.

You can't live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously you might as well have not lived at all, in which case, you fail by default.

She seemed to see a flash of bright sunlight on dark green water, fragmented into brilliant shards by the splashing rise and fall of oars.

In dreams we enter a world that is entirely our own. Let them swim in the deepest ocean or glide over the highest cloud.

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

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.

True coolness is the incidental by-product of higher pursuits.

Al fin y al cabo, no hace falta ser un Gryffindor y blandir una espada para ser un héroe. A veces solo es necesario poner pasión donde hace falta.

So given a Time-Turner, I'd tell my 21 self that personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a checklist of acquisition or archievement. Your qualifications, your CV, are not your life.

The inspiration for Moaning Myrtle was the frequent presence of a crying girl in communal bathrooms, especially at the parties and discos of my youth. This does not seem to happen in male bathrooms, so I enjoyed placing Harry and Ron in such uncomfortable and unfamiliar territory.

Don't try to be the next J.K. Rowling. Just try to be the first you.

In dreams we enter a world that is entirely our own

Now he suddenly realised that Cedric was in fact a useless pretty-boy who didn't have enough brains to fill an eggcup.

It was agony to touch a person marked by something so good.

Something very magical happens when you read a good book.

Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young...

Thank you,” said Lee’s voice. “And now we turn to regular contributor Royal, for an update on how the new Wizarding order is affecting the Muggle world.” “Thanks, River,” said an unmistakable voice, deep, measured, reassuring. “Kingsley!” burst out Ron. “We know!” said Hermione, hushing him. “Muggles remain ignorant of the source of their suffering as they continue to sustain heavy casualties,” said Kingsley. “However, we continue to hear truly inspirational stories of wizards and witches risking their own safety to protect Muggle friends and neighbors, often without the Muggles’ knowledge. I’d like to appeal to all our listeners to emulate their example, perhaps by casting a protective charm over any Muggle dwellings in your street. Many lives could be saved if such simple measures are taken.” “And what would you say, Royal, to those listeners who reply that in these dangerous times, it should be ‘Wizards first’?” asked Lee. “I’d say that it’s one short step from ‘Wizards first’ to ‘Purebloods first,’ and then to ‘Death Eaters,’” replied Kingsley. “We’re all human, aren’t we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.” “Excellently put, Royal, and you’ve got my vote for Minister of Magic if ever we get out of this mess,” said Lee. “And now, over to Romulus for our popular feature ‘Pals of Potter.’” “Thanks, River,” said another very familiar voice; Ron started to speak, but Hermione forestalled him in a whisper. “We know it’s Lupin!

Find Mundungus Fletcher?” he croaked. “And bring him here, to Grimmauld Place,” said Harry. “Do you think you could do that for us?” As Kreacher nodded and got to his feet, Harry had a sudden inspiration. He pulled out Hagrid’s purse and took out the fake Horcrux, the substitute locket in which Regulus had placed the note to Voldemort. “Kreacher, I’d, er, like you to have this,” he said, pressing the locket into the elf’s hand. “This belonged to Regulus and I’m sure he’d want you to have it as a token of gratitude for what you--” “Overkill, mate,” said Ron as the elf took one look at the locket, let out a howl of shock and misery, and threw himself back onto the ground. It took them nearly half an hour to calm down Kreacher, who was so overcome to be presented with a Black family heirloom for his very own that he was too weak at the knees to stand properly. When finally he was able to totter a few steps they all accompanied him to his cupboard, watched him tuck up the locket safely in his dirty blankets, and assured him that they would make its protection their first priority while he was away. He then made two low bows to Harry and Ron, and even gave a funny little spasm in Hermione’s direction that might have been an attempt at a respectful salute, before Disapparating with the usual loud crack.

I don't wish to make any spurious claims but when you see photos of me from the same time that J.K. lived in Winterbourne and we went to school together, it does make me wonder who her visual inspiration was for the Harry Potter character.

They say, still, that no Wizarding duel ever matched that between Dumbledore and Grindelwald in 1945. Those who witnessed it have written of the terror and the awe they felt as they watched these two extraordinary wizards do battle. Dumbledore’s triumph, and its consequences for the Wizarding world, are considered a turning point in magical history to match the introduction of the International Statute of Secrecy or the downfall of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. Albus Dumbledore was never proud or vain; he could find something to value in anyone, however apparently insignificant or wretched, and I believe that his early losses endowed him with great humanity and sympathy. I shall miss his friendship more than I can say, but my loss is as nothing compared to the Wizarding world’s. That he was the most inspiring and the best loved of all Hogwarts headmasters cannot be in question. He died as he lived: working always for the greater good and, to his last hour, as willing to stretch out a hand to a small boy with dragon pox as he was on the day that I met him.

Muggles remain ignorant of the source of their suffering as they continue to sustain heavy casualties,” said Kingsley. “However, we continue to hear truly inspirational stories of wizards and witches risking their own safety to protect Muggle friends and neighbors, often without the Muggles’ knowledge. I’d like to appeal to all our listeners to emulate their example, perhaps by casting a protective charm over any Muggle dwellings in your street. Many lives could be saved if such simple measures are taken.” “And what would you say, Royal, to those listeners who reply that in these dangerous times, it should be ‘Wizards first’?” asked Lee. “I’d say that it’s one short step from ‘Wizards first’ to ‘Purebloods first,’ and then to ‘Death Eaters,’” replied Kingsley. “We’re all human, aren’t we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.” “Excellently put, Royal, and you’ve got my vote for Minister of Magic if ever we get out of this mess,” said Lee. “And now, over to Romulus for our popular feature ‘Pals of Potter.

La fuerza de tus convicciones determina tu éxito, no el número de tus seguidores.

Much as he detested Filch, Harry couldn't help feeling a bit sorry for him, though not nearly as sorry as he felt for himself.

Live every day to your best and never worry about tomorrow.

We continue to hear truly inspirational stories of witches and wizards risking their own safety to protect Muggle friends and neighbors.

Muggles remain ignorant of the source of their suffering as they continue to sustain heavy casualties,” said Kingsley. “However, we continue to hear truly inspirational stories of wizards and witches risking their own safety to protect Muggle friends and neighbors, often without the Muggles’ knowledge. I’d like to appeal to all our listeners to emulate their example, perhaps by casting a protective charm over any Muggle dwellings in your street. Many lives could be saved if such simple measures are taken.” “And what would you say, Royal, to those listeners who reply that in these dangerous times, it should be ‘Wizards first’?” asked Lee. “I’d say that it’s one short step from ‘Wizards first’ to ‘Purebloods first,’ and then to ‘Death Eaters,’” replied Kingsley. “We’re all human, aren’t we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.

We have the power to imagine better.

It makes no difference to me, whether a man is a cheesemaker or a king, so long as he behaves with honour.” ― J.K. Rowling tags: , inspirational, 0 likes

J.K. Rowling wrote the first book in the Harry Potter series over a span of 6 years.

It doesn't matter what a person is born but it matters how he grows up to be...

No te den lástima los muertos, Harry, sino más bien los vivos, y sobre todo los que viven sin amor.

Así que anoche viste realmente a tu padre... Lo encontraste dentro de ti mismo.

If the fear of the name increases, the fear too increases.

Courage is the best gift than being timid.

Now he suddenly realised that Cedric was in fact a useless pretty-boy who didn't have enough brains to fill and eggcup.

It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!

You control your own life. Your own will is extremely powerful.

Seremos más fuertes cuanto más unidos, y más débiles cuanto más divididos

But what does a Ministry of Magic ¯ do ?' 'Well, their main job is to keep it from the Muggles that there's still witches an' wizards up an' down the country.' 'Why?' 'Why? Blimey, Harry, everyone'd be wantin' magic solutions to their problems. [...]

Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies. You must know this,

It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.

Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spine spawns lies

It was [...] the difference between being dragged into the arena to face a battle to the death and walking into the arena with your head held high.

Voldemort himself created his worst enemy, just as tyrants everywhere do! Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress? All of them realise that, one day, amongst their many victims, there is sure to be one who rises against them and strikes back!

Imagination is the compass that guides us through the uncharted territories of possibility, where every page is a new adventure waiting to unfold. - J.K. Rowling

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

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

I think the willfully unimaginative see more monsters. They are often more afraid.

Tengo el carácter perfecto para ser escritora: me encanta estar sola en una habitación, inventándome cosas.