Quotes

I love quotes. I love what people say, whether those people are famous or not. Some of my favourites…

1. Glinda: For the record, I knew you had it in you all along.
   Oz: Greatness?
   Glinda: No. Better than that. Goodness.
2. from my friend Lisa… “In my next life I want to live my life backwards. You start out dead and get that out of the way. Then you wake up in an old people’s home feeling better every day. You get kicked out for being too healthy, go collect your pension, and then when you start work, you get a gold watch and a party on your first day. You work for 40 years until you’re young enough to enjoy your retirement. You party, drink alcohol, and are generally promiscuous, then you are ready for high school. You then go to primary school, you become a kid, you play. You have no responsibilities, you become a baby until you are born. And then you spend your last 9 months floating in luxurious spa-like conditions with central heating and room service on tap, larger quarters every day and then Voila! You finish off as an orgasm!” ~ Woody Allen
3. “When you grow up you tend to get told that the world is the way it is and your life is just to live your life and try not to bash into the walls too much…that’s a very limited life. Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact—everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you…shake off this erroneous notion that life is there and you’re just going to live in it versus make your mark upon it. Once you learn that, you will never be the same again.” Don’t just live a life; build one. – Steve Jobs
4. “That which we manifest is before us; we are the creators of our own destiny. Be it through intention or ignorance, our successes and our failures have been brought on by none other than ourselves.” – Garth Stein, The Art of Racing In The Rain
5. “To live every day as if it had been stolen from death, that is how I would like to live. To feel the joy of life, as Eve felt the joy of life. To separate oneself from the burden, the angst, the anguish that we all encounter every day. To say I am alive, I am wonderful, I am. I am. That is something to aspire to.” – Garth Stein, The Art of Racing In The Rain
6. “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.’ We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” – Marianne Williamson
7. “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
8. “Live in the sunshine, swim in the sea, drink the wild air.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
9. “When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take – choose the bolder.” – William Joseph Slim
10. “Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
11. “Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you’ll help them to become what they are capable of becoming.” – Goethe
12. “Because he’s the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now…and so we’ll hunt him, because he can take it. Because he’s not a hero. He’s a silent guardian, a watchful protector…a dark knight.” – Lt. James Gordon, The Dark Knight
13. “The night is darkest just before the dawn. And I promise you, the dawn is coming.” – Harvey Dent, The Dark Knight
14. “I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” –Christopher Reeve
15. “Laughing in starlight. Basking in sunlight. Dancing at midnight.” – Julia Quinn
16. Albus Severus,” Harry said quietly, so that nobody but Ginny could hear, and she was tactful enough to pretend to be waving to Rose, who was now on the train, “you were named for two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was a Slytherin and he was probably the bravest man I ever knew.
    —J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
17. Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears.
    “After all this time?”

    “Always,” said Snape.
    —J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
18. “It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.”
    —J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
19. “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, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
20. “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
    —J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
21. “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, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
22. “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, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
23. ” ‘The thing about growing up with Fred and George,’ said Ginny thoughtfully, ‘is that you sort of start thinking anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.’ “
    —J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
24. If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
    —J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – Quote by Sirius Black
25. Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
    —J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Quote by Albus Dumbledore
26. You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us? You think that we don’t recall them more clearly than ever in times of great trouble? Your father is alive in you, Harry, and shows himself plainly when you have need of him.
    —J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Alkaban – Quote by Albus Dumbledore
27. Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.
    —J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Alkaban – Quote by Albus Dumbledore
28. 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.
    —J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
29. People find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right.
    —J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – Quote by Albus Dumbledore
30. It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.
    —J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone – Quote by Albus Dumbledore
31. 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, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone – Quote by Albus Dumbledore

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