J. K. Rowling

The moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you.

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

Achievable goals are the first step to self-improvement.

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

Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can’t see where it keep its brain.

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

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

Death is just life’s next big adventure.

Imagination is the foundation of all invention and innovation.

Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.

The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous.

Bigotry is probably the thing I detest most.

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

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

Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates.

Whatever money you might have, self-worth really lies in finding out what you do best.

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.

Are you the sort of person who gloats when they see a woman fall, or the kind that celebrates a magnificent recovery?

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

Failure means a stripping away of the inessential.

Sometimes, you have to stop trying to force it, walk away and let your subconscious show you the way. Fill up on life for a while.

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

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

Whether you come back by page or by the big screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home.

As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.

The thing about fantasy – there are certain things you just don’t do in fantasy.

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