The Ministry places a rather higher value on my life than yours, I’m afraid.

What's life without a little risk?

It is not our abilities that show what we truly are. It is our choices.

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.

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

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

We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.

The world is full of wonderful things you haven't seen yet. Don't ever give up on the chance of seeing them.

There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction; the moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you.

Gryffindor, where dwell the brave at heart!

Twilight fell: The sky turned to a light, dusky purple littered with tiny silver stars.

Grace is the power of God!

Everywhere, I am welcome, I will stay there.

We are still a people in danger. And yet I urge us not to get addicted to it.

The world is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet everyone has courage enough to bear the misfortunes, and wisdom enough to manage the affairs, of his neighbor.

I would love to do some kind of mystery movie, or an action flick, something with that combination

Lukewarm people think about life on earth much more often than eternity in heaven.

I did not come to collect students, but to train teachers.

I think that the farmer displaces the Indian even because he redeems the meadow, and so makes himself stronger and in some respects more natural.

At this point, it's either for fun or it's for money. I don't take movies that I don't really like.

Looking back, you can romanticize the things you did back then. I also like talking about the stupid things I've done.