Best Albus Dumbledore Quotes | Quotes About Pain, Light & Death
Dumbledore Quotes About Pain
- “Let us run with our pain, to make it a source of knowledge and pride.”
- “It is not power that corrupts but fear.”
- “Happiness cannot be found without suffering.”
- “To relieve the suffering of another human being is almost always to increase one’s own happiness.”
- “The truth about our lives — that there are some things we simply do not understand”
- “We cannot live by Quidditch alone”
- “Hurting is good for people. It makes them wise in time.”
- “Pain is just a feeling”
- “Pain is inevitable but so is fear, and I hate fear.”
- “Fear of pain is worse than the pain itself.”
- “To be free from danger, one must be willing to face it.”
- “Pain can drive a man more swiftly to virtue than any other emotion he knows.”
- “And Harry knew that the pain of his scar would pass; he knew they were not going to die here in this forest.”
- “There are worse things in the world than physical injury.”
- “We lose because we choose to lose.”
- “It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.”
- “We must fight, and fight again, and keep fighting even when we feel that we cannot bear it any longer.”
- “It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness and know them to be inevitable.”
- “Always a little more, always a little more!”
- “The worst thing you can possibly do in life is to be constantly fighting the last war.”
- “If you are not scared, then you are not using your heart.”
- “One does not simply walk into the headmasters office, Harry.”
- “We must not fear the end of our journey, Lord Voldemort, but must continue onwards until we find a newer world.”
- “The true art of witchcraft isillusion.”
- “Pain is inevitable; it’s how you deal with it that makes the difference.”
- “It is our choices Harry that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities
- “To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.”
- “It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.”
- “The truth is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.”
- “Wit beyond measure is man’s greatest treasure.”
- “There is a special magic inside of you, Harry, and the moment you realize just how powerful you are, we’ll be able to start!”
- “Forgive me Harry but I never meant to bring you here in the first place.”
- “Fear — that is the worst travelling companion.” – Dumbledore
Dumbledore Quotes on Death
- “To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.”
- “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
- “It was doing your best to get back what you had lost that mattered.”
- “I was angry with myself…for being frightened of something that only exists because I do not face it.”
- “I don’t want you to be frightened of death. After all, I am intending to go there myself very shortly.”
- “Time makes monsters of us all”
- “That any story can begin with the words “Once upon a time” is enough to show that the best part of any tale is the last.”
- “Knowledge will give you the power to decide for yourself what values you wish to pursue.”
- “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”
- “We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.”
- “A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong or that he is uncertain of what to do next.”
- “Fawkes? You will not be going back to Professor Dumbledore’s office?”
Funny Dumbledore Quotes
- “It has been said that two people can’t share a common experience without learning something from it. Then again, didn’t they say that about nose hair?”
- “If two people each believe entirely different things, then one of them is wrong: that’s what makes us all unique”
- “It is easy to see where the goblins got their bad temper”
- “I do not believe in a mind-altering drug that doesn’t come in a bright blue box”
- “We learn from people who think differently…sometimes the opposite of what we do ourselves.”
- “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
- “We must always protect those who cannot protect themselves.”
- “What better way to fit into a society than to live it?”
- “We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insolvable problems”
Wise Dumbledore Quotes
- “It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.”
- “Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.”
- “There is no good and evil; there is only power and those too weak to seek it.”
- “By all means, gamble; but gamble with your life, not the lives of others.”
- “To those who have power over others, be they parents or governments or domestic servants, the greatest tyranny is the pretense that they do not exist.”
- “A good leader is one who can read a room and give orders appropriate to what he sees”
- “I am older than I look.”
- “I would hate to see you wasted Harry.”
- “In the absence of hope, we become accustomed to any horror.”
- “Art is an irreplaceable part of being human; it’s what makes us different from the animals.”
- “The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.”
- “And you are left with the wreck of a fine mind.”
- “Tears shed for him will not bring him back nor make others happier nor better”
Dumbledore Quotes Death
- “I am old. I have seen enough. I will die here.”
- “Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living and above all, those who live without love.”
- ‘I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even put a stopper on death… if you aren’t as big a bunch of dunderheads as I usually have to teach.’
- ‘To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.’
- ‘I only ever knew one place where you could be to be safe…’
- ‘It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.’
Albus Dumbledore Quotes about Light
- ‘There are many things you need to learn before you come to Hogwarts… The most important is that Hogwarts really is my home.’
- ‘A person’s true identity must remain a mystery, even when there can be no doubt whatsoever of their guilt.’
- ‘Oh, how I have waited for this! It is my greatest pleasure to meet in battle those who have cost me so dear!’
- ‘Power the Dark Lord knows not… love’
- ‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.’
- ‘Cast out fear, and you cast out your humanity.’
- ‘You have nothing to fear but fear itself.’
- ‘I shall not be a party to these deeds, nor shall I ignore them if they become commonplace in the world around us.’
- ‘That’s what you think, Tom Riddle…’
- ‘It is a curious thing, Harry Potter, 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.’
Dumbledore Quotes Dreams
- ‘It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.’
- ‘Do not pity the dead Harry, though I know how you feel… he was my friend.’
- ‘Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.’
- ‘Wit beyond measure is man’s greatest treasure.’
- ‘There are things people do not do.’
- ‘It is our choices Harry, that show what we truly are far more than our abilities.’
- ‘True courage is knowing what not to be afraid of.’
- ‘Once again, Harry, you astonish me.’
Dumbledore Quotes Darkness
- ‘Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.’
- ‘It is our choices Harry, that show what we truly are far more than our abilities.’
- ‘O by the way…interesting use of defensive charms there…’
- ‘You have been such an inspiration, Harry…’
- ‘You are quite a talented wizard, Harry Potter.’
- ‘I know something of your past and your family history…’
- ‘I must not tell lies.’
- ‘You have your mother’s eyes.’
- ‘Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus!’ (Never tickle a sleeping dragon.)
- ‘There is no good and evil…there is only power…and those too weak to seek it.’
- ‘It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.’
- ‘You are quite a talented wizard, Harry Potter.’
- ‘You have your father’s eyes.’
- ‘Do not pity the dead Harry, pity the living… and above all, pity those who live without love.’
- ‘I am afraid I may not be in a position to teach you anymore this year…’
- ‘I imagine that you will spend much time…’
Albus Dumbledore Quotes
- “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”
- “However, I sometimes find it hard to reconcile what you know and see with what you’ve been told…”
- “If people would just do as I tell them, everything would be fine.”
- “And never try to understand the minds of wizards for they are unfathomable.”
Dumbledore Love Quotes
- ‘Don’t pity the dead Harry, pity the living… and above all, pity those who live without love.’
- “You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us? You think that we don’t recall them more clearly than ever in times of great trouble? Your father is alive in you, Harry, and shows himself plainly when you have need of him.”
- “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, would sacrifice everything for love.”
- “Lord Voldemort thinks he is the only one with a soul. He is very much mistaken.”
- “The world of magic is not as simple as most people imagine. There are no simple answers, only complex ones.”
- “To understand all this I would need a mind like Dumbledore’s and … and … I do not expect to equal him, ever.”
- “It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
- “Loyalty is a matter of the heart, rather than the mind.”
- “You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us? You think that we don’t recall them more clearly than ever in times of great trouble? Your father is alive in you, Harry, and shows himself plainly when you have need of him.”
- “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
- “I like her very much she’s been down twice already to see me. Not many daughters would give up their Christmas for a visiting father you know.”
Dumbledore Wise Quotes
- “To die, to sleep; To sleep, perchance to dream: ay, there’s the rub! For in that sleep of death what dreams may come? In the purple darkness of the world unplunged.”
- “I think as long as there are wizards in this world… the world will need Hogwarts.”
- “And he alone who owns the Dark Mark, can make it vanish.”
- “However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. It matters that we try.”
- “I am not worried, Harry… I am with you.”
- “Very clever, Potter!”
- “Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies. You must trust me, Harry.”
- “Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.”
Dumbledore Funny Quotes
- “One can never have enough socks.”
- “Logic is a little like love: the more you give, the more you get.”
- “Wit beyond measure is man’s greatest treasure.”
- “It is our choices that show us what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
- “Anyone can get angry. It takes courage to keep that anger under control.”
- “And what is the object of magic, after all? To make things appear what they are not.”
- “Always put yourself in the other’s shoes, if you wish to understand them.”
- “There are laws and principles which must not be broken in the pursuit of knowledge, Harry.”
- “We’ve both got more than enough to do to get by without worrying about the future!”
- “To know the truth, Harry. This is to know the truth.”
- “A large and impressive spell makes use of the most unlikely of ingredients. A timid little Ingredients, it turns out, when added up.”
- “It took me a while to learn that I was not as smart as I thought I was.”
Dumbledore To Harry Quotes
- “I think you’re a lot braver than you believe, Harry Potter.”
- “Forget about the past… it’s done with”
- “Now listen to me, Harry. You’re going to have to be strong now more than ever. You’re going to have to trust me when I say that everything will be alright and you’ll be with your friends soon.”
- “You know, Harry, we’ve been through a lot together. I’ve been pleased to call you a friend. Although of course, you know, the sooner you’re able to speak to Sirius and my mother the better.”
- “I’ll be dead, I’ll be gone, but I’ll have died happy knowing my son will live a better life.”
- “And that, Harry, is the difference between being dragged into the arena to face a battle to the death and walking into the arena with your head held high.”
- “Fear of a name increases fear of a thing itself.”
- “No one really knows why it works … but I suppose the most logical reason is that it redirects magic away from the body… and allows it to be manipulated from afar.”
- “It is a strange 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.”
Dumbledore Quotes About Darkness
- “We need the darkness in us to hunt and kill that which we cannot see.”
- “You must face the life you have been given, and embrace all parts of it, including your flaws and uncertainty — even the dark ones.”
- “The darkest hour comes just before dawn.”
- “Do you think I am scared of death? No! Death is far more likely than most things we meet or imagine in our lifetimes.”
- “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”
- “Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times when one only remembers to turn on the light.”
- “It gets worse, there are worlds you know nothing about where magic rules and different creatures roam… there is a world were people possess the ability to turn into beasts at will and back again!”
- “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”
- “Treat people in your life as if they were the most precious substance on earth, for indeed, they are.”
- “The truth is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.”
- “More often than you care to admit, Lord Voldemort, those who oppose you miss the mark. They do not see the truth that you hold in your heart.”
- “Voldemort was always a coward, clinging to a line of excuses and lies. I also saw him at his most magnificent: standing tall and strong in the Death Eaters’ camp, an equal feared by all. The mark of greatness: to look fear in the eye, and not be intimidated.”
- “You may have noticed that I have a few favorite quotations – and some of them are about you.”
- “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
- “There are all kinds of courage.”
- “There is such a thing as an unforgivable curse.”
- “To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.”
- “I have been and always shall be your friend.” -Dumbledore quotes on friendship
- “Ah, music. A magic beyond all we do here!”
- “It’s 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.”
- “Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.”
- “But you are not alone, Harry. You have your friends, remember?”
- “And do you know what I see when I look at them? I see myself, and a hundred other Heads [of houses] before me. And that very first lesson they taught us is the most important of all.”
- “The truth is a beautiful and terrible thing and should therefore be treated with great caution.”
- “There’s a time and place for everything, and it’s called college.”
- “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to one’s enemies, but quite a bit more to stand up to one’s friends.”
- “I know that you are preparing to fight. Your efforts are futile. You cannot fight me; I do not want this Battle. But there is no one else who can lead Dumbledore’s Army but you. Do not deny it!”
Dumbledore Quotes About Dreams
- “Sometimes, he felt the strength of those dreams returning. Delaying death had an invigorating effect on some.”
- “There is always hope for your dreams to come true if you have patience and perseverance.”
- “Your parents would have wanted you to live your own life — not theirs.”
- “A person’s a person no matter how small.”
- “Words cannot express the depth of joy I feel at seeing Harry again.”
- “The most important things in your life – family, friends, and your beliefs. They must not be given up for anything.”
- “Don’t tell me what pain can’t do. I know exactly what it can do.”
- “As you all know from the famous Harry Potter books, there are three types of dreams: good ones about happy things, bad ones about scary things, and really ugly dreams… It’s within your power to change the latter into a better version.”
- “May I congratulate you on your excellent performance on the Ordinary Wizarding Levels.”
- “You have shown bravery beyond anything I could have expected of you.”
- “My life is wrapped up in the lives of others.”
- “Sometimes a person has to choose between what is right and what is easy.”
- “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”
- “Certain minds, once stretched by a new idea, never return to their original dimensions.”
- “Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good, and kind, and brave. Remember Cedric Diggory.”
- ” All we’ve got to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
- “I would trust Hagrid with my life.”
- “It is our choices Harry Potter, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
- ” Now get down to the lake, quick, and find out what they’re doing.”
- “You must understand there are forces at work in the world today, that seek to tear us apart. We must all say “negedara” [i] and stand together, or else know the grief of Babel.”
- “It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.”
- “Be careful of your thoughts; they become words. Be careful of your words, for they become actions. Be careful of your actions, for they become habits. Be careful of your habits, for they become a character. Be careful of your character for it becomes your destiny.”
- “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies but just as much to stand up to our friends.”
- “Ah, music, that opens the heart and makes us feel as one.”
- “Oh, to struggle against great odds; to meet enemies undaunted; to risk all for the sake of a friend.”
- “I have noticed that regardless of how wizard-raised or Muggle-raised a child is, one of three things will happen once they are exposed to magic.
Harry Potter Dumbledore Quotes
- “It’s not our abilities that distinguish us, it’s the courage we find in ourselves”
- “Do I look a gift horse in the mouth?!”
- “Fear of death is worse than dying”
- “The truth is, Quirrell wasn’t trying to kill anyone by catching them on fire… he was trying to burn the students… only Harry and Hermione were able to get away.”
- “We are only as strong as we want to be”
- “To achieve great power, you must unlearn what you have learned”
- “The very air around us is enchanted”
- “When I was younger, I used to be a hero like every other child in our world, but ever since my encounter with Voldemort and his followers, I’ve always felt the weight of my responsibility. It’s been hard for me to be a normal child when I am the only person alive who can defeat the most dangerous Dark wizard in history.”
- “The best way to protect yourself from the Dark Arts is not to practice them, but to become more like them”
- “Harry Potter’s destiny is his own.”
- “It’s far better to look foolish winning than to look always having lost”
- “I taught you the truth, Harry Potter. You know now why Voldemort wants the power of godhood.”
- “What will happen to the boy who lives?”
- “Laws can be changed if necessary, and will be if the Wizarding World is to remain a safe place for our children.”
- “Ah, Harry… there’s no need to ask who you were named after”
- “I can’t let you leave here tonight without knowing that I’m proud of you. You have done something no one else has ever done… you have touched the deepest part of my soul.”
- “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
- “You will give the people an ideal to strive towards. They will race behind you. They will stumble. They will fall. But in time, they will join you in the sun. In time, you will help them accomplish wonders”
Dumbledore Best Quotes
- “You are nearly there.”
- “We have all got both light and dark inside us”
- “The Dark Lord is back, and he is searching for me!”
- “With a mere flick of his wand, the prophecy was changed.”
- “Make your choice, Harry Potter”
- “She didn’t have a prophecy on her head.”
- “Do you think I would ever try to kill you?”
- “Save the others first”
- “I don’t care what happens to them as long as they’re safe.”
- “Harry, you must listen to me. The prophecy has been changed.”
- “My dear boy, there is no good and evil, you know that as well as I do. There are only people who are better than you, and people who are worse.”
- “I don’t intend to fight”
- “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”
- “The Dark Lord cannot be defeated by conventional means”
- “I don’t think he quite understands the whole school moving business.”
- “No, you’re not the Chosen One. Harry Potter chose you.”
- “Whatever happens, keep your head, Harry”
- “I’ve been telling Voldemort for years that if he ever changed his mind and tried to kill me, I’d die trying to kill him first.”
- “A person’s a person, no matter how small”
