The best Quotes by Alan Keightley

It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

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Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Character Decisions

Being different isn't a bad thing. It means you're brave enough to be yourself.

Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings.

William Blake

Ambition Character Birds

We can be only who we are; no more, no less.

Terry Goodkind in Das Schwert der Wahrheit - Das erste Gesetz der Magie

I am thankful to all those who said NO to me. It's because of them I did it myself.

Albert Einstein

Ambition Character Self-Confidence

You place too much importance... on the so-called purity of blood! You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

The things that make me different are the things that make me.

A.A. Milne in Winnie the Pooh

It's better to be hated for the person you are, than to be loved for the person you're not.

Kurt Cobain

Be confident. Too many days are wasted comparing ourselves to others and wishing to be something we aren't. Everybody has their own strengths and weknesses, and it is only when you accept everything you are - and aren't - that you will truly succeed.

Don't change so people will like you. Be yourself and the right people will love the real you.

If people could see me the way I see myself - if they could live in my memories - would anyone love me?

John Green in An Abundance of Katherines

If you are lucky enough to be different, don't ever change!

Taylor Swift

Be yourself! Everyone else is already taken.

Oscar Wilde

Character Self-Confidence Aries ♈

In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.

Coco Chanel

It's f*cked up how people get judged for being real, and how people get loved for being fake.

2Pac

Someone will always be prettier.
Someone will always be smarter.
Someone will always be younger.
But they will never be you.

Brian: "You're all individuals!"
People: "Yes, we're all individuals!"
Brian: "You're all different!"
People: "Yes, we are all different!"
Man: "I'm not."

Monty Python’s Life of Brian

It's better to be hated for what you are, than to be loved for what you're not.

Martin Luther King

Character Honesty

It is not easy to be different, and even less so to be unique.

Cassandra Clare in The Infernal Devices

There is a voice inside of you
That whispers all day long,
'I feel this is right for me,
I know that this is wrong.'
No teacher, preacher, parent, friend
Or wise man can decide
What's right for you - just listen to
The voice that speaks inside.

Shel Silverstein

Character Self-Confidence Conscience

Don't let anyone, ever, make you feel like you don't deserve what you want.

Patrick in 10 Things I Hate About You

What other people think of you is none of your business.

Paulo Coelho

Self-Confidence Gossip & Rumors

Don't ever let someone tell you, you can't do something. Not even me. You got a dream, you got to protect it. People can't do something themselves, they want to tell you you can't do it. You want something, go get it. Period. All right?

Chris Gardner in The Pursuit of Happyness

Dreaming Self-Confidence

Now, if you know what you're worth, then go out and get what you're worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain't you. You're better than that!

Rocky Balboa in Rocky Balboa

Ambition Self-Confidence

Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside, while still alive. Never surrender!

2Pac

Death Self-Confidence

If you can dream it, you can do it!

Walt Disney

Dreaming Self-Confidence

You've got enemies? Good. That means you actually stood up for something.

Eminem

Self-Confidence Enemies & Opponents

You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

Christopher Robin in Winnie the Pooh

Believe you can, then you will.

Mulan

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.

Charles Bukowski

Foolishness Intelligence Self-Confidence Doubt

Once you have accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you.

Failures & Mistakes Self-Confidence

Small is the number of them that see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.

Albert Einstein in The World As I See It

Heart Self-Deception Self-Confidence Seeing

Strength lies in knowing oneself.

Dakkon in Planescape Torment

Self-Confidence Strength

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

Mahatma Gandhi

You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

A.A. Milne in Winnie the Pooh

All that we do, all that we are, begins and ends with ourselves.

Arno Victor Dorian in Assassin's Creed - Unity

Don't become something just because someone else wants you to, or because it's easy; you won't be happy. You have to do what you really, really, really, really want to do, even if it scares the shit out of you.

Kristen Wiig

Self-Confidence Passion

Don't forget to fall in love with yourself first.

Carrie Bradshaw in Sex And The City

Love Self-Confidence

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. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people don't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Timo Cruz in Coach Carter

Fear Self-Confidence

The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.

Walt Disney

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

Deadpool

But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff, it's sordid but it's boring and I don't understand why it keeps going.

Donald Trump - July 2025

There are two kinds of big companies in the United States. There are those who've been hacked by the Chinese, and those who don't know they've been hacked by the Chinese.

I believe that Americans should be deeply skeptical of government power. You cannot trust people in power. The founders knew that. That's why they divided power among three branches, to set interest against interest.

China Hackers

I will do everything if confirmed as FBI director to make sure the American public knows the full weight of what happened.

Kash Patel - Januar 2025

Technology has forever changed the world we live in. We're online, in one way or another, all day long. Our phones and computers have become reflections of our personalities, our interests, and our identities. They hold much that is important to us.

There are well over 250 victims, so we have to make sure that their identity is protected. Other than that, I think tomorrow you're gonna see some Epstein information being released by my office. What you're gonna see is a lot of flight-logs, a lot of names, a lot of information.

Smartphones

Pam Bondi - February 2025

The people of the FBI are sworn to protect both security and liberty. It isn't a question of conflict. We must care deeply about protecting liberty through due process of law, while also safeguarding the citizens we serve - in every investigation.

It's sitting on my desk right now to review. The Trump administration is committed to truth and transparency.

FBI

Pam Bondi - February 2025