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.
JR
J.K. RowlingHarvard commencement address (June 5, 2008)
About J.K. Rowling
British author of the Harry Potter series. (born 1965)
More from J.K. Rowling
- It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1998), spoken by Dumbledore
- It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997), spoken by Dumbledore
- It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997), spoken by Dumbledore
- Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.Harvard commencement address, The Fringe Benefits of Failure (June 5, 2008)
- 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.Harvard commencement address (June 5, 2008)
More quotes on change
- Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.Winston Churchill
- To improve is to change, so to be perfect is to have changed often.Winston Churchill
- Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world.Nelson Mandela
- A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.Mahatma Gandhi
- If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change.Mahatma Gandhi
- I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.Martin Luther King Jr.
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