100 Best Harry Potter Quotes About Life, Love, and Hope

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Harry Potter Quotes: JK Rowling released her first novel (Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone) in 1997, and at that time she was unknown to people around the world.

“Initially only 500 copies of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone were printed.” And at the time, no one had expected that the book would become so popular, and attract both children and adults, for decades.

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Here is a collection of 100 best ‘Harry Potter Quotes‘, you will love these quotes and these quotes will inspire you.

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Best Harry Potter Quotes

1. “The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.” — Albus Dumbledore

2. “Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all those who live without love.”
– Albus Dumbledore

3. “I hope you’re pleased with yourselves. We could all have been killed — or worse, expelled. Now if you don’t mind, I’m going to bed.” ― Hermione Granger

4. “It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” — Albus Dumbledore

5. “It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” —Albus

6. “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.” —Albus

7. “Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it.” — Albus Dumbledore

8. “Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.”
— Albus Dumbledore

9. “Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.” — Albus Dumbledore

10. “The mind is not a book, to be opened at will and examined at leisure. Thoughts are not etched on the inside of skulls, to be perused by an invader. The mind is a complex and many-layered thing.” — Severus Snape

Iconic Harry Potter Quotes

11. “I am what I am, an’ I’m not ashamed. ‘Never be ashamed,’ my ol’ dad used ter say, ‘there’s some who’ll hold it against you, but they’re not worth botheri’ with.’” — Rubeus Hagrid

12. “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.” — Albus Dumbledore

13. “It does not do well to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” ― Albus Dumbledore

14. “It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it. Those who, like you, have leadership thrust upon them, and take up the mantle because they must, and find to their own surprise that they wear it well.” — Albus Dumbledore

15. “Hearing voices no one else can hear isn’t a good sign, even in the wizarding world.” — Ron Weasley

16. “When in doubt, go to the library.” — Ron Weasley

17. “Fawkes is a phoenix, Harry. Phoenixes burst into flame when it is time for them to die and are reborn from the ashes.” — Albus Dumbledore

18. “I’ll be in my bedroom, making no noise and pretending I’m not there.” — Harry Potter

19. “Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean it is not real?” — Albus Dumbledore

20. “Love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves it’s own mark. To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever.”
― Albus Dumbledore

Short Harry Potter quotes

21. “I solemnly swear I am up to no good.” ― Harry Potter

22. “To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.” ― Albus Dumbledore

23. “You’re a little scary sometimes, you know that? Brilliant … but scary.” — Ron Weasley

24. “Wit beyond measure is a man’s greatest treasure.” — Luna Lovegood

25. “It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.” — Albus Dumbledore.

26. “It is my belief that the truth is generally preferable to lies.” — Albus Dumbledore

27. “It does not do well to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” — Albus Dumbledore

28. “Time will not slow down when something unpleasant lies ahead.” — J. K. Rowling

29.“Just because it’s taken you three years to notice, Ron, doesn’t mean no one else has spotted I’m a girl!” — Hermione Granger

30. “We’re with you whatever happens.”
– Ron Weasley

Magical Harry Potter Quotes

31. “‘I know some things,’ he said. ‘I can, you know, do math and stuff.’” — Harry Potter

32. “Harry then did something that was both very brave and very stupid.”

33. “The wand chooses the wizard.” — Garrick Ollivander

34. “Funny way to get to a wizards’ school, the train. Magic carpets all got punctures, have they?” — Uncle Vernon

35. “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” — Albus Dumbledore

36. “We must all face the choice between what is right, and what is easy.” — Albus Dumbledore

37. “If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
– Sirius Black

38. “Honestly, if you were any slower, you’d be going backward.” — Draco Malfoy

39. “Troll — in the dungeons — thought you ought to know.” — Professor Quirrell

40. “Things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect.” — Luna Lovegood

Harry Potter Quotes on Life

41. “It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.” ― Albus Dumbledore

42. “Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.” — Albus Dumbledore

43. “Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it.” ― Albus Dumbledore

44. “What do I care how he looks? I am good-looking enough for both of us, I theenk! All these scars show is zat my husband is brave!”
– Fleur Delacour

45. “He must have known I’d want to leave you.” “No, he must have known you would always want to come back” — Ron Weasley and Harry Potter

46. “You need your friends, Harry.” — Albus Dumbledore

47. “Then you should have died! Died, rather than betray your friends, as we would have done for you.” — Sirius Black

48. “The consequences of our actions are always so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed.” — Albus Dumbledore

49. “Curiosity is not a sin…. But we should exercise caution with our curiosity.” — Albus Dumbledore

50. “Fame is a fickle friend, Harry. Celebrity is as celebrity does. Remember that.” — Gilderoy Lockhart

Unforgettable Harry Potter Quotes

51. “Bad times like that bring out the best in some people and the worst in others.” — Sirius Black

52. “It’s not our abilities that make us who we are, Harry. It’s our choices” — Albus Dumbledore

53. “Youth can not know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.” — Albus Dumbledore

54. “Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” — Albus Dumbledore

55. “Dumbledore says people find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right.” — Hermione Granger

56. “Family…Whatever yeh say, blood’s important. . . .”
– Rubeus Hagrid

57. “You’re just as sane as I am.” —Luna Lovegood

58. “I cared more for your happiness than your knowing the truth, more for your peace of mind than my plan, more for your life than the lives that might be lost if the plan failed.
– Albus Dumbledore

59. “Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth.” — Albus Dumbledore

60. “Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.” — Albus Dumbledore

Harry Potter Quotes on Love

61. “It is impossible to manufacture or imitate love”.
– Horace Slughorn

62. “Oh, to be young and feel love’s keen sting.” — Albus Dumbledore

63. “To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever.” — Albus Dumbledore

64. “You’re the one who is weak. You will never know love or friendship. And I feel sorry for you.” — Harry Potter

65. “It is impossible to manufacture or imitate love.” — Professor Slughorn

66. “When you have seen as much of life as I have, you will not underestimate the power of obsessive love.” — Horace Slughorn

67. “Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” — Albus Dumbledore

68. “You are protected, in short, by your ability to love!” — Albus Dumbledore

69. “I think I’ll just go down and have some pudding and wait for it all to turn up — it always does in the end.” ― Luna Lovegood

70. “Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn’t mean we all have.” ― Hermione Granger

Famous Harry Potter Quotes

71. “Professor Kettleburn, our Care of Magical Creatures teacher, retired at the end of last year in order to enjoy more time with his remaining limbs.” — Albus Dumbledore

72. “Your devotion is nothing more than cowardice. You would not be here if you had anywhere else to go.” — Voldemort

73. “We must unite inside [Hogwarts] / Or we’ll crumble from within / I have told you, I have warned you… / Let the Sorting now begin.” —The Sorting Hat

74. “Killing is not so easy as the innocent believe.” — J. K. Rowling

75. “The ones that love us never really leave us. You can always find them, in here.” — Sirius Black

76. “There is no need to call me ‘sir,’ Professor.” — Harry Potter

77. “Twitchy little ferret, aren’t you, Malfoy?” — Hermione Granger

78. “Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.” — Albus Dumbledore

79. “I mean, it’s sort of exciting, isn’t it, breaking the rules?” — Hermione Granger

80. “I think we’ve outgrown full-time education … Time to test our talents in the real world, d’you reckon?,” — Fred Weasley

Harry Potter Quotes on Friendship

81. “We’ve all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That’s who we really are.” — Sirius Black

82. “We can’t choose our fate, but we can choose others. Be careful in knowing that.” — Albus Dumbledore

83. “We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.”
– Albus Dumbledore

84. “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.” — Albus Dumbledore

85. “Books! And cleverness! There are more important things – friendships and bravery.” — Hermione Granger

86. “You are the most insensitive wart I have ever had the misfortune to meet.” — Hermione Granger

87. “Sometimes friendship means not having to say anything. Thank yous and apologies can sometimes get lost, but that doesn’t mean they’re unexpressed.” — J.K. Rowling

88. “You need your friends, Harry.” — Albus Dumbledore

89. “There are some things you can’t share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them.” — J. K. Rowling

90. “Are you insane? Of course I want to leave the Dursleys! Have you got a house? When can I move in?” — Harry Potter

Funny Harry Potter Quotes

91. “He can run faster than Severus Snape confronted with shampoo.” — Fred Weasley

92. “Let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.” — Albus Dumbledore

93. “Why is it when something happens, it is always you three?” — Professor McGonagall

94. “I will not have you, in the course of a single evening, besmirching that name by behaving like a babbling, bumbling band of baboons!” — Professor McGonagall

95. “It is the quality of one’s convictions that determines success, not the number of followers.” — Remus Lupin

96. “You will also find that help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it.” — Albus Dumbledore

97. “Yeah, Quirrell was a great teacher. There was just that minor drawback of him having Lord Voldemort sticking out of the back of his head!”
– J.K. Rowling

98. “The idea of a teenage Dumbledore was simply odd, like trying to imagine a stupid Hermione or a friendly Blast-Ended Skrewt.”
– J.K. Rowling

99. “Run like you have to get to the library.” — Hermione Granger

100. “Well, thank you for that assessment, Mr Weasley. Perhaps it would be more useful if I were to transfigure Mr Potter and yourself into a pocket watch. That way, one of you might be on time.” — Professor McGonagall