J. K. Rowling Quotes

I think that people need to have the courage of their convictions and not be trying to fool people into thinking that they've changed overnight.

Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid.

The most valuable thing I can share is the importance of living in truth. Sometimes, facing those truths can actually be your worst fear.

I've learned to trust myself, to listen to truth, to not be afraid of it and to not try and hide it.

The truth is, I've never fooled anyone. I've let men sometimes fool themselves.

I think it would be shocking for me to pretend not to have any past. And also, it would be a lie.

The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives.

Speaking the truth gets a little easier each time you do it.

I can deal with imperfection, but I can't deal with people who lie to themselves and lie to the world to make the world feel better.

When you're not authentic to yourself, you're lying. You're going to get found out and you're going to slip up.

I cannot tell a lie, and I'm very straightforward. Sometimes this hurts people. I've wondered if I should change, but I feel more comfortable about myself this way.

I just try not to pretend to be something I'm not.

Don't hide your truth.

But here's the thing about being honest: All the liars HATE you for it, and most of the people in the world are liars. They lie to their bosses, they lie to their families, they lie to themselves, they lie so much they don't even know they're lying anymore. If you have the courage to be honest even a little bit all those people will hate you for it, because their lie is reflected in your honesty. Oscar Wilde wasn't kidding when he said, "If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you."

One of the blessings of maturity is that it sometimes brings one greater courage to be truthful, regardless of what those who do not understand may think or say

To be true to myself, to be the person that was on the inside of me, and not play games. That's what I'm trying to do mostly in the whole world, is not bullshit myself and not bullshit anybody else.

I don't lie. I would never stuff my bra because it's going to come off and the truth is going to be revealed. I don't like that padding. I try to be completely - if not brutally - honest.

And I'm the worst liar of all time.

There is no merit in being truthful when one is truthful by nature, or rather when one can be nothing else; it is a gift, like poetry or music. But it needs courage to be truthful after carefully considering the matter, unless a kind of pride is involved; for example, the man who says to himself, "I am ugly," and then says, "I am ugly" to his friends, lest they should think themselves the first to make the discovery.

Above all, do not lie to yourself.

He that is ashamed to speak the truth has need to be ashamed of himself.

Be honest with yourself. The world is not honest with you. The world loves hypocrisy. When you are honest with yourself you find the road to inner peace.

Just be honest with who you are. Don't pretend to be something you're not. Don't be a phony. Walk your talk. That's how God works, so doing it is emulating how Source works.

Say it, do it, preach it, shout it, but never, absolutely never, believe your own bullshit.

I'd rather be a liar than an asshole.