29 Dumbledore Quotes That Will Inspire You to Do Magical Things

"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live." — Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

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"Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it." — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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"Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light." — Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

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"It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be." — Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

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"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." — Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

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"It is important to fight and fight again, and keep fighting, for only then can evil be kept at bay though never quite eradicated." — Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

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"People find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right." — Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

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"To the well organised mind, death is but the next great adventure." — Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

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"You think the dead we loved truly ever leave us? You think we don't recall them more clearly in times of great trouble?" — Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

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"It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends." — Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

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"We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided." — Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

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"Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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"Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open." — Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

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"It is my belief that the truth is generally preferable to lies." — Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

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"We must all face the choice between what is right, and what is easy." — Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

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"For in dreams we enter a world that is entirely our own. Let them swim in the deepest ocean or glide over the highest cloud." Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

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"The best of us sometimes eat our words." — Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

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"Youth can not know how age thinks and feels, but old men are guilty if they forget what it is to be young." — Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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"Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it." — Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

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"While we may come from different places and speak in different tongues, our hearts beat as one." — Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

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"Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?" — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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"It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness. Nothing more." — Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

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"The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with caution." — Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

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"It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it." — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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"Let us step out into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure." — Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

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"Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living and above all, those who live without love." — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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"This pain is part of being human . . . the fact that you can feel pain like this is your greatest strength." — Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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"As much money and life as you could want! The two things most human beings would choose above all — the trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them." — Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone