Quote by Albus Dumbledore (about Character, Decisions)

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

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Character Decisions

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

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Courage Light

It does not do to dwell on dreams, Harry, and forget to live.

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Dreaming

...yet, sadly, accidental rudeness occurs alarmingly often. Best to say nothing at all, my dear man.

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Kindness

Those that we love never truly leave us, Harry. There are things that death cannot touch.

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Grief & Condolence Day of the Dead

When dreaming we enter a world, that's entirely our own.

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Dreaming

We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.

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Teams

By all means continue destroying my possessions, I daresay I have too many.

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A child's voice, however honest and true, is meaningless to those who've forgotten how to listen.

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Children & Childhood Hearing & Listening

Harry, suffering like this proves you are still a man! This pain is part of being human.

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Humanity Breakup Grief & Condolence

After all, to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.

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Spirit Death

The truth is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.

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Truth

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

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Courage

Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?

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Imagination

You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us? You think 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.

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Memories Death Grief & Condolence

Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.

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Decisions Morality

Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.

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Understanding

"I frequently act as though I am not possessed of the Inner Eye, so as not to make others nervous."
"That explains a great deal," said Professor McGonagall tartly.

Minerva McGonagall in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Sybill Trelawney

Miss Granger remains the only person in this class who has managed to turn a hedgehog into a satisfactory pincushion. I might remind you that your pincushion, Thomas, still curls up in fright if anyone approaches it with a pin!

Minerva McGonagall in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Hermione Granger

"Why would Harry Potter try to get inside Ravenclaw Tower? Potter belongs in my house!"
Beneath the disbelief and anger, Harry heard a little strain of pride in her voice, and affection for Minerva McGonagall gushed up inside him.

Minerva McGonagall in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Harry James Potter

Carrow: "Couple of kids more or less, what's the difference?"
McGonagall: "Only the difference between truth and lies, courage and cowardice. A difference, in short, which you and your sister seem unable to appreciate."

Minerva McGonagall in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

"This boy has as much chance of becoming an Auror as Dumbledore has of ever returning to this school."
"A very good chance, then," said Professor McGonagall.

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Harry James Potter

You look in excellent health to me, Potter, so you will excuse me if I don't let you off homework today. I assure you that if you die, you need not hand it in.

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It's high time your grandmother learned to be proud of the grandson she's got, rather than the one she thinks she ought to have.

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Neville Longbottom

"Well, I'm glad you listen to Hermione Granger at any rate," she said, pointing him out of her office.

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Hermione Granger

"Our Headmaster is taking a short break," said Professor McGonagall, pointing at the Snape-shaped hole in the window.

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Severus Snape

Harry gaped at her. Now she said it, that seemed the obvious thing to have done.
"I – I didn't think –"
"That," said Professor McGonagall, "is obvious."

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"Follow the spiders"... Why spiders? Why couldn't it be "follow the butterflies"?

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Spiders

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

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Names

At least no one on the Gryffindor team had to buy their way in. They got in on pure talent.

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Draco Malfoy Gryffindor

If we're not careful, we'll have another Head Boy in the family. I don't think I could stand the shame.

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Ron Weasley

Being different isn't a bad thing. It means you're brave enough to be yourself.

Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Character Self-Confidence

It is our choices that makes us who we are, and we always have a choice to do what's right.

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Decisions Morality

Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears. "After all this time?"
"Always", said Snape.

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Ron: "One person couldn't feel all that. They'd explode."
Hermione: "Just because you've got the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean we all have!"

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Ron Weasley

You're the weak one. And you'll never know love, or friendship. And I feel sorry for you.

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Voldemort / Tom Riddle

You're a little scary sometimes, you know that? Brilliant... but scary.

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Hermione Granger

"E" for "Exceeds Expectations". And I've always thought Fred and I should've got "E" in everything, because we exceeded expectations just by turning up for the exams.

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If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.

Sirius Black in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

It is the quality of one's convictions that determines success, not the number of followers.

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Values

Longbottom, if brains were gold, you'd be poorer than Weasley, and that's saying something.

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Neville Longbottom Funny Insults

My mum always said things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end. If not always in the way we expect.

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There is no good and evil, there is only power and those too weak to seek it.

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Power Good & Evil

I don’t go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me.

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

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Pain Breakup Sad Quotes

We've all got both light and dark inside of us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are.

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Morality

"Yes," said Harry stiffly.
"Yes, sir."
"There's no need to call me 'sir' Professor."
The words had escaped him before he knew what he was saying.

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Quote by Albus Dumbledore (about Character, Decisions)

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