Harry Potter Birthday Quotes

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

  J. K. Rowling

  Life, Inspiring, Death

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

  J. K. Rowling

  Inspiring, Happiness, Happy

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• 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.

  J. K. Rowling

  Inspirational, Success, Graduation

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

  J. K. Rowling

  Inspirational, Friendship, Courage

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

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• Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.

  J. K. Rowling

  Relationship, Boyfriend, Husband

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• Things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect.

  J. K. Rowling

  Love, Death, Inspirational Harry Potter

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• Working hard is important. But there is something that matters even more, believing in yourself.

  Daniel Radcliffe

  Believe, Important, Matter

  "Fictional character: Harry Potter". "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", en.wikiquote.org. 2007.

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• In dreams, we enter a world that’s entirely our own.

  J. K. Rowling

  Dream, Inspirational Harry Potter, Dementors

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• You will also find that help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it.

  J. K. Rowling

  Inspirational Harry Potter, Muggles, Potters

  J. K. Rowling (1999). “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”, Raincoast Books

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

  J. K. Rowling

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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

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• Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.

  J. K. Rowling

  Inspirational, Strength, Inspiring

  Twitter post from Jun 6, 2016

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• Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all those who live without love.

  J. K. Rowling

  Love, Silly, Inspire

  "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2". m.imdb.com. 2011.

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• There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other.

  J. K. Rowling

  Funny Friendship, Liking Someone, Potters

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• It is a strange thing, but when you are dreading something, and would give anything to slow down time, it has a disobliging habit of speeding up.

  J. K. Rowling

  Time, Giving, Potters

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• The wand chooses the wizard.

  J. K. Rowling

  Potters, Wizards, Harry Potter Movie

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• Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?

  J. K. Rowling

  Real, Life Changing, Mean

  Twitter post from Dec 16, 2014

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• It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it. Those who, like you, have leadership thrust upon them, and take up the mantle because they must, and find to their own surprise that they wear it well.

  J. K. Rowling

  Leadership, Power, Potters

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• I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me.

  J. K. Rowling

  Inspirational Harry Potter, Potters, Trouble

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• It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

  J. K. Rowling

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ch. 12 (1997)

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• Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good, and kind, and brave, because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort. Remember Cedric Diggory.

  J. K. Rowling

  Integrity, Boys, Choices

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• Dumbledore says people find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right.

  J. K. Rowling

  Forgiveness, People, Forgiving

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

  J. K. Rowling

  Choices, Inspirational Tattoo, Potters

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• Do not pity the dead, Harry.

  J. K. Rowling

  Death, Inspirational Harry Potter, Potters

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• Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain.

  J. K. Rowling

  Trust, Halloween, Technology

  J. K. Rowling (1999). “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”, Raincoast Books

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• ... perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it.

  J. K. Rowling

  Silly, Potters, Harry Potter Movie

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