There are much more terrible things than physical injury.

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.

Scoring well on tests is the sort of happy thing that gets the school district the greenbacks they crave. Understanding and appreciating the material are secondary.

If this constant bitter disappointment was love, then I was perfectly fine not to have anything to do with it.

Strength in peace. Strength in love. Always.

Magnanimity consists in enduring tactlessness with mildness.

The size of General Motors is in the service not of monopoly or the economies of scale but of planning.

I was able to endure and play a special part in music history. And I always managed to keep working, even if I wasnt a big solo artist.

Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting.

Lingering labors come to naught.

I’m beginning to think that you don’t find happiness from living your life looking ahead or back… that you find it when you look around.

The best way to live is to live like there is no tomorrow.