60 magic quotes

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Magic quotes & magical maxims

Wit and wisdom from the word wizards

1. “It’s still magic even if you know how it’s done.” — Terry Pratchett
2. “Magic touches people in the way great art does. It lets them see the world with new eyes.” — Drummond Money-Coutts
3. “Before there can be wonders, there must be wonder.” — David Copperfield
4. “Mentalism is the silent music of the mind. Magic is the orchestra of the unseen.” — Jon Finch
5. “My professional life has been a constant record of disillusion, and many things that seem magical to most men are the every-day commonplaces of my business.” — Harry Houdini
6. “Magic is liquid illusion, and illusions are frozen magic.” — Jon Finch
7. “Part of show business is magic. You don’t know how it happens.” — Sammy Davis, Jr.
8. “Mentalism is the dance of thoughts; magic is the ballet of the impossible.” — Jon Finch
9. “Some people are magic, and others are the illusion of it.” — Beau Taplin
10. “Magic is the poetry of impossibilities, each trick a stanza in the verse of wonder.” — Jon Finch
11. “above all, watch with glittering eyes the world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.” — Roald Dahl
12. “Never try to fool children, they expect nothing, and therefore see everything.” — Harry Houdini
13. “In the theater of life, magic is the script written in the language of the extraordinary.” — Jon Finch
14. “The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” — W.B. Yeats
15. “A magician is only an actor, an actor pretending to be a magician.” — Harry Houdini
16. “Magic is the canvas of the uncharted; mentalism is the painting of the subconscious.” — Jon Finch
17. “Books are a uniquely portable magic.” — Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
18. “An old magic trick well done is far better than a new magic trick with no effect.” — Harry Houdini
19. “Magic is the architect of dreams, building palaces in the air with the bricks of astonishment.” — Jon Finch
20. “I always write ‘Magic Potion’ on my perfume bottles, when I use them, it feels magical. I make spells in the morning when I put them on.” — Alexa Chung
21. “In mentalism, thoughts are the whispers of the universe; in magic, the universe is a stage for whispers.” — Jon Finch
22. “Magical places are always beautiful and deserve to be contemplated… Always stay on the bridge between the invisible and the visible.” — Paulo Coelho
23. “Magic doesn’t require beauty,’ she said. ‘Easy magic is pretty. Great magic asks you trouble the waters. It requires a disruption, something new.” — Leigh Bardugo
24. “My Brain is the key that sets me free.” — Harry Houdini
25. “Magic is the brush that paints the unseen, the instrument that plays the silent chords of amazement.” — Jon Finch
26. “But all the magic I have known I’ve had to make myself.” — Shel Silverstein
27. “Magic is at the core of myths.” — Colin Farrell
28. “Mentalism is the unspoken language of the soul; Magic is the literature of the impossible.” — Jon Finch
29. “We don’t need magic to transform our world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already.” — J.K. Rowling
30. “You’ve got to know magic is still here, all around us, or it stays invisible for you.” — Charles de Lint
31. “Magic is the choreographer of awe, orchestrating dances of the unimaginable.” — Jon Finch
32. “Magic exists. Who can doubt it, when there are rainbows and wildflowers, the music of the wind, and the silence of the stars? Anyone who has loved has been touched by magic. It is such a simple and such an extraordinary part of the lives we live.” — Nora Roberts
33. “In the dictionary of the universe, magic is the synonym for the extraordinary.” — Jon Finch
34. “Children see magic because they look for it.” — Christopher Moore
35. “Each spell is a constellation in the galaxy of magic, forming patterns of amazement.” — Jon Finch
36. “The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches of the universe together into one garment for us.” — Ray Bradbury
37. “Magic is a melody reality seldom sings, a symphony of the surreal.” — Jon Finch
38. “Magic is science that we don’t understand .” — Arthur C. Clarke
39. “Magic is the puzzle master of existence, creating enigmas that transcend understanding.” — Jon Finch
40. “Magic comes from what is inside you. It is a part of you. You can’t weave together a spell you don’t believe in.” — Jim Butcher
41. “In the orchestra of existence, magic is the crescendo that shatters the silence of the ordinary.” — Jon Finch
42. “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” — Arthur C. Clarke
43. “Magic is the spice of life, sprinkling flavor into the soup of the mundane.” — Jon Finch
44. “Words can have the same magic as riffs can.” — Stone Gossard
45. “What magic the eyes sees, the ear hears, and the mind believes.” — Harry Houdini
46. “What you think is impossible in life is possible.” — David Copperfield
47. “Each magic trick is a drop in the ocean of mystery, creating ripples of astonishment.” — Jon Finch
48. “Here you leave today and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow, and fantasy.” — Walt Disney
49. “Magic is the garden where seeds of astonishment bloom into flowers of wonder.” — Jon Finch
50. “The Internet has always been, and always will be, a magic box.” — Marc Andreessen
51. “When I dream, I believe I am rehearsing my future.” — David Copperfield
52. “The heart of magic is a manuscript, inscribed with the language of marvel.” — Jon Finch
53. “The world is its own magic.” — Shunryu Suzuki
54. “Magic is the prism through which the ordinary refracts into the extraordinary.” — Jon Finch
55. “I am sure there is magic in everything, only we have not sense enough to get hold of it and make it do things for us.” — Frances Hodgson Burnett
56. “The real secret of magic lies in the performance.” — David Copperfield
57. “In the silence of reality, magic is the echo of the unimaginable.” — Jon Finch
58. “Believe something and the Universe is on its way to being changed. Because you’ve changed, by believing. Once you’ve changed, other things start to follow.” — Diane Duane
59. “Magic is the fabric of the unbelievable, woven with the thread of wonder.” — Jon Finch
60. “Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide.” — Ben Okri

If we can’t push ourselves to be better and live in a way that challenges us every day, then our lives don’t have meaning. It’s up to each one of us to decide how much risk we will take personally and professionally. I hope these quotes inspire you as they do me!

Let the above magic quotes serve as reminders for taking risks today that tomorrow might hold more success.