J. K. Rowling Quotes

I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.

Gold begets in brethren hate; Gold in families debate; Gold does friendship separate; Gold does civil wars create.

I won't slave for beggar's pay, likewise gold and jewels, but I would slave to learn the way, to sink your ship of fools.

Put forth thy hand, reach at the glorious gold.

Genius scorns the power of gold: it is wrong. Gold is the war-scythe on its chariot, which mows down the millions of its foes, and gives free passage to the sun-coursers with which it leaves those heavenly fields of light for the gross battlefields of earth.

The riders in a race do not stop when they reach the goal. There is a little finishing canter before coming to a standstill. There is time to hear the kind voices of friends and say to oneself, The work is done.

The band that seems to tie their friendship together will be the very strangler of their amity.

I covet honour in the same way as a miser covets gold.

Dreams, though, are cheap, and the real task comes when you start putting in place the steps needed to make those dreams a reality.

Hard work. Well, that=s all right for people who don=t know how to do anything else. It=s all right for people who aren=t lucky. But once you==re lucky, you don=t have to work for other people. You make them work for you.

In America, everything you need to succeed is within reach.

His forward voice now is to speak well of his friend. His backward voice is to utter foul speeches and to detract.

Without a goal there can be no real success.

Like it or not, life is a series of competitions.

I don't mean I'd mind being rich and famous. That's very much on my schedule and someday I'll try to get around to it.

Wisdom is better than silver and gold

It takes a lot of things to work together in order to be wealthy but with a little luck, a lot of luck... You've got to be good at something. For a 20-year-old, you don't have to know exactly what you want to do, you've just got to go find something you can be great at, and then go be great at it.

It's important not to make the gold medal bigger than it is.

Go ahead and voice your criticisms, but don't expect to be invited back.

Get what you can, and what you get hold; 'tis the Stone that will turn all your Lead into Gold.

I think Americans love success - but hate the people who have it.

There are two metals, one of which is omnipotent in the cabinet, and the other in the camp--gold and iron. He that knows how to apply them both may indeed attain the highest station.

Hee that labours and thrives spins gold.

All that matters in life," the grey man went on, "is to climb the ladder of success, amount to something, own things. When a person climbs higher than the rest, amounts to more, owns more things, everything else comes automatically: friendship, love, respect, et cetera..." "Isn't there anyone who loves you?" Momo whispered.

Between friends, frequent reproofs make the friendship distant.