In order to achieve something great, you'll have to sacrifice something great.

Realism is for pessimists. An optimist creates his own reality.

Freedom is taken for granted by the free and longed for by those who never had it. But for those who have lost it, the loss burns like the hottest flame.

The only doors that open are the ones you knock on.

Poor and content is rich and rich enough.

I owe nothing to my brothers, nor do I gather debts from them. I ask none to live for me, nor do I live for any others. I covet no man's soul, nor is my soul theirs to covet.

A little nonsense now and then is not a bad thing - where would we politicians be if we were not allowed to talk it sometimes.

Many of us are missing something in life because we are after the second best.

Memory never recaptures reality. Memory reconstructs. All reconstructions change the original, becoming external frames of reference that inevitably fall short.

Snape's patronus was a doe,' said Harry, 'the same as my mother's because he loved her for nearly all of his life, from when they were children.

Love is not a compromise. It's something like the rising of the sun,although you've seen it a thousand times, you can't explain it.

Good sportsmanship means treating others with respect. I consider myself a pretty good sport.