Watson Jones > Watson's Quotes

“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

“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

“Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.”
― Mark Twain

“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

“If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.”
― Albert Einstein

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”
― Albert Einstein

“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
― Abraham Lincoln

“Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.”
― Albert Einstein

“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison

“I love mankind ... it's people I can't stand!!”
― Charles M. Schulz

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
― Mark Twain

“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
― Albert Einstein

“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”
― C.S. Lewis

“A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.”
― C.S. Lewis

“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.”
― C.S. Lewis

“Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”
― Roald Dahl

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
― Leo Tolstoy

“Is it true that you shouted at Professor Umbridge?"
"Yes."
"You called her a liar?"
"Yes."
"You told her He Who Must Not Be Named is back?"
"Yes."
"Have a biscuit, Potter.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”
― Abraham Lincoln

“If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?”
― Albert Einstein

“Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”
― Mark Twain

“A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.”
― Albert Einstein

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”
― Albert Einstein

“Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

“You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.”
― Winston Churchill

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

“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

“I cannot live without books.”
― Thomas Jefferson