There's the silver lining I've been looking for.

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.

Oh, yes. I'm terribly smart. Wouldn't it have been nice... to be intelligent?

Organize your life the way God wants it to be. When you pray, ask God for counsel on matters and you will get the wisest advice directly from heaven

That common cold of the male psyche, fear of commitment.

It's funny, because music is one of those things it is natural to go into. You hear it so much growing up, it kind of permeates you and eventually you spew out some music of your own.

The restriction of studies of human intellect and character to studies of conscious states was not without influence on a scientific studies of animal psychology.

I'm not a misogynist, so you can dispense with that. I think I've done wonders for the feminist movement.

I don't like modern country music. It's not what I'm into, is all. I'm old-school.

You can act in five, six, or seven films in the time it takes to direct one film.

The thing you don't dream about as a kid is all the peripheral stuff that comes with success.