Whether you’re in the mood for flighty adventure, looking for an extra boost of motivation or need something to lumos up your day, fear not – there’s a Dumbledore quote for every occasion! Growing up with the books and movies, he was like a Headmaster to us all; inspiring us about life, friendship, bravery and more.
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We’ve gone back through the series, taking a look at some of his best and most underrated moments. No matter if it’s your tenth or ten thousandth time seeing the words, these 30 quotes won’t fail to light a fire from within and make you smile.
- “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, you wonderful boy, you brave, brave man.”
- “One can never have enough socks,” said Dumbledore. “Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn’t get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books.”
- “I believe your friends Misters Fred and George Weasley were responsible for trying to send you a toilet seat. No doubt they thought it would amuse you.”
- “It’s lucky it’s dark. I haven’t blushed so much since Madam Pomfrey told me she liked my new earmuffs.”
- “You will also find that help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it.”
- We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.”
- “For future reference, Harry, it is raspberry…although of course, if I were a Death Eater, I would have been sure to research my own jam preferences before impersonating myself.”
- “It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.”
- “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
- “Humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them.”
- “People find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right.”
- “To the well organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.”
- “You think the dead we loved truly ever leave us? You think we don’t recall them more clearly in times of great trouble?”
- “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”
- “Welcome to a new year at Hogwarts! Before we begin our banquet, I would like to say a few words. And here they are: Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!”
- “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
- “Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.”
- “It is my belief that the truth is generally preferable to lies.”
- “We must all face the choice between what is right, and what is easy.”
- “Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it.”
- “Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living and above all, those who live without love.”
- “This pain is part of being human . . . the fact that you can feel pain like this is your greatest strength.”
- “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.”
- “While we may come from different places and speak in different tongues, our hearts beat as one.”
- “Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”
- “It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it.”
- “Let us step out into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.”
- “Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”
- “Youth can not know how age thinks and feels, but old men are guilty if they forget what it is to be young.”
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