On the 13th of September, Roald Dahl Story Day is celebrated to remember not only his birthday. But to remember all the magic he brought to the world through his stories. According to the Roald Dahl Website:

'Roald Dahl was a spy, ace fighter pilot, chocolate historian and medical inventor. His first moment of inspiration came when he was at boarding school. A local chocolate factory invited pupils to trial new chocolate bars. Then 35 years later, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was published.

He went on to write many more stories. Including Matilda, James and the Giant Peach and Fantastic Mr Fox. By the time he published The Minpins, he had written a total of 16 stories for children. Which have been translated into 68 languages and read all over the world. With 300 million books sold, and one new book sold every 2.5 seconds.'

He is one of the world’s best story tellers, and from this, has produced a number of inspiring quotes. He created legendary stories, such as: ‘Matilda’, ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’, ‘The BFG’, ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’, and so many more. So, Lets celebrate his birthday and spread his words of wisdom. Here are our:

Top 10 Inspiring Roald Dahl Quotes.

  1. “Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it. ” - From: Roald Dahl
  2. “Those who don't believe in magic will never find it” - From: The Minpins
  3. “I understand what you're saying, and your comments are valuable, but I'm gonna ignore your advice.” - From: Fantastic Mr Fox
  4. “A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.” - From: The Twits
  5. “Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.” - From: Matilda
  6. “Never grow up...always down.” - From: George's Marvellous Medicine
  7. “Most of the really exciting things we do in our lives scare us to death. They wouldn't be exciting if they didn't.” - From: Danny the Champion of the World
  8. “But there was one other thing that the grown-ups also knew, and it was this: that however small the chance might be of striking lucky, the chance is there. The chance had to be there” - From: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  9. “A little magic can take you a long way.” - From: James and the Giant Peach
  10. “It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.” - From: The Witches

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