Albus Dumbledore

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

"Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy."

"Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery."

"Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light."

"To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever."

"I am not concerned with the hand that follows mine, but with the good it can do."

"It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends."

"Help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it."

"The truth is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution."

"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live."

"Words are, of course, the most powerful magic we have."

"Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels, but old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young."

"One can never have too many books."

"The mind is not a book to be written and read, but a garden to be cultivated."

"The greatest magic is the love we share with others."

"Time is the most precious commodity we possess."

"The past shapes us, but does not define us."

"Leadership is not about power, but service."

"History repeats itself to those who do not learn from it."

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

"Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy."

"Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?"

"There is nothing to be feared from a body, Harry, any more than there is anything to be feared from the dead."

"Voldemort himself created his own worst enemy, just as tyrants always do."

"I have one last thing to tell you: the truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution."

"It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived."

"We are only as sick as our secrets."

"Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns hate, and hate generates ruin."

"It is often our failings that define us as much as our accomplishments."

"I am not concerned with pleasure or pain, but with the nature of the soul."