J. K. Rowling

Ah music… a magic beyond all we do here!

We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already. We have the power to imagine better.

If you seek the removal of freedoms from an opponent simply on the grounds that they have offended you, you have crossed a line to stand alongside tyrants who imprison, torture and kill on exactly the same justifications.

Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.

Sad hurts but it’s a healthy feeling. It is a necessary thing to feel. Depression is very different.

What’s to be ashamed of? I went through a really rough time, and I am quite proud that I got out of that.

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.

I gave up the guitar in 1965. Didn’t want to see a guitar. I’d go out and get drunk. When I came out of the heart surgery, the doc said, “Promise me you’ll work hard.” I said, “I thought working hard is what got me here.” He said, “No, working is what will keep you alive.”

People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace.

You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.

Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.

Don’t underestimate yourself or your possibilities.

Don’t get sidetracked. If you do get sidetracked, get back on track as soon as possible. Ultimately sidetracking kills you.

There is little you can learn from doing nothing.

True success has more components than one sentence or idea can contain.

All for ourselves, and nothing for other people, seems, in every age of the world, to have been the vile maxim of the masters of mankind.

Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality.

A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.

Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.

Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.

It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist.