Inspirational Harry Potter Quotes

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

  J. K. Rowling

  Inspirational, Strength, Inspiring

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

  J. K. Rowling

  Dream, Dementors, Potters

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• We must try not to sink beneath our anguish, Harry, but battle on.

  J. K. Rowling

  Life, Encouraging, Battle

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• Curiosity is not a sin.... But we should exercise caution with our curiosity... yes, indeed.

  J. K. Rowling

  Exercise, Curiosity, Potters

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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, Way

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

  J. K. Rowling

  Inspirational, Change, Wise

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• It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.

  J. K. Rowling

  Fear, Funeral, Darkness

  "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince". Book by J. K. Rowling, July 16, 2005.

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

  J. K. Rowling

  Love, Spiritual, Heart

  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ch. 37 (2000)

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

  J. K. Rowling

  Relationship, Boyfriend, Husband

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

  J. K. Rowling

  Dream, Ocean, Clouds

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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

  Muggles, Potters, Hogwarts

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

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

  J. K. Rowling

  Life, Inspiring, Death

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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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• Let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.

  J. K. Rowling

  Life, Good Night, Travel

  J.K. Rowling (2015). “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”, p.52, Pottermore

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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.

  J. K. Rowling

  Love, Inspirational, Dark

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• We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.

  J. K. Rowling

  Life, Inspiration, Abortion

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• You're a wizard, Harry.

  J. K. Rowling

  Magic, Novelists, Wizards

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• Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.

  J. K. Rowling

  Inspirational, Life, Depression

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