Quotes and Sayings about Gryffindor

If you're not in Gryffindor, we'll disinherit you, but no pressure.

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

A lot of people say that Slytherins and Gryffindors represent two sides of the same coin.

James lifted an invisible sword. "Gryffindor, where dwell the brave at heart! Like my dad."
Snape made a small, disparaging noise. James turned on him. "Got a problem with that?"
"No," said Snape, though his slight sneer said otherwise. "If you'd rather be brawny than brainy -"
"Where're you hoping to go, seeing as you're neither?" interjected Sirius.

You might belong in Gryffindor
Where dwell the brave at heart
Their daring, nerve, and chivalry
Set Gryffindors apart

Bloom: "If you knew how many hours I have wasted taking Sorting Hat quizzes..."
Aisha: "Ravenclaw?"
Bloom: "Sometimes Slytherin, yeah."
Aisha: "That explains the lies then."
Bloom: "Let me guess: Gryffindor? Explains the judgement."

Player: "You're not a bad chap - for a slytherin."
Sebastian: "You Gryffindors don't have a monopoly on bravery, you know."

Professor Weasley: "I remember the first time I entered the Gryffindor common room after being sorted."
Player: "You were a Gryffindor?"
Professor Weasley: "I am a Gryffindor."

Only the bravest and boldest dare to choose Gryffindor. Is that you? Best be sure.

The Gryffindor common room looked as welcoming as ever, a cosy circular tower room full of dilapidated squashy armchairs and rickety old tables. A fire was crackling merrily in the grate and a few people were warming their hands by it before going up to their dormitories.

This is the best team Gryffindor's had in years. We're going to win. I know it.

"I thought," said Phineas Nigellus, stroking his pointed beard, "that to belong in Gryffindor house you were supposed to be brave? It looks to me as though you would have been better off in my own house. We Slytherins are brave, yes, but not stupid. For instance, given the choice, we will always choose to save our own necks."

"And here are the Gryffindors!" yelled Lee Jordan, who was acting as a commentator as usual. "Potter, Bell, Johnson, Spinnet, Weasley, Weasley and Wood. Widely aknowledged as the best side Hogwarts has seen in a good few years.

Green is a soothing color, isn't it? I mean Gryffindor rooms are all well and good but the trouble with red is - it is said to send you a little mad - not that I'm casting aspersions...

The Gryffindors comprise a lot of foolhardy und show-offy people. That's just the way it is, I'm a Gryffindor, I'm allowed to say. There's bravery and there's also showboating and sometimes, the two go together.

There's no need to tell me I'm not brave enough to be in Gryffindor, Malfoy's already done that.

The portrait swung forward to reveal a round hole in the wall. They all scrambled through it - and found themselves in the Gryffindor common room, a cosy, round room full of squashy armchairs.

Our emblem is the lion, the bravest of all creatures; our house colours are scarlet and gold, and our common room lies up in Gryffindor Tower.

Only a true Gryffindor could have pulled that out of the hat, Harry.

If I had a criticism, I'd say Gryffindors tend to be show-offs.

Don't tell me what I can and can't do, Potter. I've never been more ashamed of Gryffindor students.

Dumbledore himself, the greatest wizard of our time, was a Gryffindor!

Gryffindor house is home to Nearly Headless Nick, who in life was Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington. Something of a snob, and a less accomplished wizard than he believed, Sir Nicholas lounged around the court of Henry VII in life, until his foolish attempt to beautify a lady-in-waiting by magic caused the unfortunate woman to sprout tusks. Sir Nicholas was stripped of his wand and inexpertly executed, leaving his head hanging off by a single flap of skin and sinew. He retains a feeling of inadequacy with regard to truly headless ghosts.

Whether you come back by page or by the big screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home.

I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.

If you don't like to read you haven't found the right book.

But we're not bad people. We're like our emblem, the snake: sleek, powerful, and frequently misunderstood.

Ravenclaws are famous for clambering over each other to get good marks.

Speaking of eccentrics, you'll like our Head of house, Professor Filius Flitwick. People often underestimate him, because he's really tiny (we think he's part elf, but we've never been rude enough to ask) and he's got a squeaky voice, but he's the best and most knowledgeable Charms master alive in the world today. His office door is always open to any Ravenclaw with a problem, and if you're in a real state he'll get out these delicious little cupcakes he keeps in a tin in his desk drawer and make them do a little dance for you. In fact, it's worth pretending you're in a real state just to see them jive.

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

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

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

Said Slytherin, "We'll teach just those whose ancestry is purest."
Said Ravenclaw, "We'll teach those whose intelligence is surest."
Said Gryffindor, "We'll teach all those with brave deeds to their name,"
Said Hufflepuff, "I'll teach the lot, and treat them just the same."

In times of old when I was new
And Hogwarts barely started
The founders of our noble school
Thought never to be parted:
United by a common goal,
They had the selfsame yearning,
To make the world's best magic school
And pass along their learning.

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.

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

Albus Severus, you were named after two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was Slytherin and he was probably the bravest man I ever knew.

Magic, both beautiful and powerful, binds together our long history. That common bond we share is the legacy of Hogwarts.

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

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

Well, it may have escaped your notice, but life isn't fair.

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

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!"

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

Mitzi: "Bloom! We have Show & Tell tomorrow at school. Can I bring you? I was gonna bring my scooter but you'd be better."
Bloom: "Don't expect me to dignify that with an answer."

I put my headphones on so I can take a break from everyone else's emotions and just focus on mine.

I never thought my life would turn out to be anything but normal. Until the day I recieved a very curious letter.

"Harry, this is no time to be a gentleman!" Wood roared as Harry swerved to avoid collision. "Knock her off her broom if you have to!"

You know, Minister, I disagree with Dumbledore on many counts... but you cannot deny he's got style.

Johnson with the Quaffle, what a player that girl is, I've been saying it for years but she still won't go out with me.