Forget about winning and losing, forget about pride and pain

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one

Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.

Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine.

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.

The past is no more; the future not yet. Nothing exists except the here and now. Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at our hands.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.

When I shut my eyes on this world I'll finally have peace.

Never let anyone steal your passion and calmness without your permission.

Do not trust a person who never fails. Failure is the incubator for character development.

ALBUS/RON: How to distract Scorpius from difficult emotional issues. Take him to a library.

It is frightening when a woman finally realizes that there is no answer to the question 'who am I' except the voice inside herself.

He is not poor who has a competency.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder… or forgetful.

He that is highest and worthiest was most fully made-nought and most utterly despised.

There is no one who does not exaggerate!

Broke is temporary, poor is eternal.