Harry Potter Quotes- Thoughts to Ponder from the Harry Potter Series

The Harry Potter Series by J. K. Rowling  is one of the most- well loved books of all time by young and adults readers alike. Personally, I have read and reread and reread the novels many times but I still can't help but be amazed the subtle beauty, humor, wit and wisdom of the series. Having the read the books many times, I am glad to share some thought provoking bits from the books. Here are some of my favorites:

1. It does not do well to live on dreams and forget to live. 

     -Albus Dumbledore (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)

2. There are all kinds of courage. 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 (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)

3. Fear of a name increases the fear of the thing itself. 

    - Albus Dumbledore (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)

 4. Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world.

      - Ron Weasley (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)

 5. The best of us must sometimes eat our words.

       - Albus Dumbledore (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)

 6. Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain.

       -Arthur Weasley (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)

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

       - Albus Dumbledore (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)

8.  The consequences of our actions are are always so complicated, so diverse that predicting the future   is a very difficult business. 

      -  Albus Dumbledore (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban)

9. 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 (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)

10. Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it. 

    - Albus Dumbledore. (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)

11. Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open. 

    - Albus Dumbledore ( Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)

12. Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike. 

   - Albus Dumbledore (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)

13. Nothing, not even knowledge is foolproof.

   - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

14. People find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right,

    - Albus Dumbledore. (Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince)

15. Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimated the youth. 

    - Albus Dumbledore (Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince)

16. We must not sink beneath our anguish, Harry, but battle on. 

    - Albus Dumbledore (Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince)

17. It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.

    - Albus Dumbledore (Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince)

18. Those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it. 

    - Albus Dumbledore (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)

19. Do not pity the dead, Harry, pity the living, and, above all, those who live without love. 

   - Albus Dumbledore (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) 

20. Where your treasure is, there will your be heart also.

   - Albus Dumbledore (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)