Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore is a fictional character in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. Profoundly inspirational Albus Dumbledore quotes will challenge the way you think, change the way you live and transform your whole life.
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Famous Albus Dumbledore Quotes
Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it. J. K. Rowling
Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real? J.K. Rowling
Words are, in my not so humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic, capable of both influencing injury, and remedying it. J. K. Rowling
To the well organized mind, death is but the next great adventure. J.K. Rowling
You think the dead we loved truly ever leave us? You think that we don’t recall them more clearly in times of great trouble? J. K. Rowling
It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be. J.K. Rowling
It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more. J. K. Rowling
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. J.K. Rowling
Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress? All of them realize that, one day, amongst their many victims, there is sure to be one that rises against them and strikes back! J. K. Rowling
We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided. J.K. Rowling
Albus Dumbledore is the greatest sorcerer in the world. J. K. Rowling
You know, Minister, I disagree with Dumbledore on many counts but you cannot deny he’s got style. J.K. Rowling
It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. J. K. Rowling
He must have known I’d want to leave you. No, he must have known you would always want to come back. J.K. Rowling
The truth. Tell them Hogwarts is no longer safe. It is as we feared, Minerva. The Chamber of Secrets has indeed been opened again. J. K. Rowling
Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light. J.K. Rowling
He’ll never be gone. Not as long as those who remain are loyal to him. J. K. Rowling
Ah, music, he said, wiping his eyes. A magic beyond all we do here! J.K. Rowling
You can speak Parseltongue, Harry, said Dumbledore calmly, because Lord Voldemort who is the last remaining ancestor of Salazar Slytherin can speak Parseltongue. J. K. Rowling
What happened down in the dungeons between you and Professor Quirrell is a complete secret, so, naturally the whole school knows. J. K. Rowling
What we need, said Dumbledore slowly, and his light blue eyes moved from Harry to Hermione, is more time. J. K. Rowling
But Dumbledore says he doesn’t care what they do as long as they don’t take him off the Chocolate Frog cards. J.K. Rowling
You know Harry, in a way you did see your father last night. You found him inside yourself. J. K. Rowling
Words are, in my not so humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it. J.K. Rowling
We can’t choose our fate, but we can choose others. Be careful in knowing that. J. K. Rowling
Wit beyond measure is man’s greatest treasure. J. K. Rowling
For future reference, Harry, it is Raspberry although of course, if I were a Death Eater, I would have been sure to research my own jam preferences before impersonating myself. J. K. Rowling
Harry, suffering like this proves you are still a man! This pain is part of being human the fact that you can feel pain like this is your greatest strength. J. K. Rowling
Killing is not so easy as the innocent believe. J.K. Rowling
Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels, but old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young. J. K. Rowling
Curiosity is not a sin. But we should exercise caution with our curiosity yes, indeed. J.K. Rowling
Or perhaps, to confess that you yourself are worried and frightened? You need your friends, Harry. As you so rightly said, Sirius would not have wanted you to shut yourself away. J. K. Rowling
I took a wrong turn on the way to the bathroom and found myself in a beautifully proportioned room I had never seen before, containing a really rather magnificent collection of chamberpots. When I went back to investigate more closely, I discovered that the room had vanished. But I must keep an eye out for it. Possibly it is only accessible at five thirty in the morning. Or it may only appear at the quarter moon or when the seeker has an exceptionally full bladder. J.K. Rowling
But nothing I have seen in the world has supported your pronouncements that love is more powerful than my kind of magic, Dumbledore. J. K. Rowling
Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth. J.K. Rowling
We must try not to sink beneath our anguish, Harry, but battle on. J. K. Rowling
Welcome to a new year at Hogwarts! Before we begin our banquet, I would like to say a few words. And here they are Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak! J.K. Rowling
You are protected, in short, by your ability to love! said Dumbledore loudly. The only protection that can possibly work against the lure of power like Voldemort’s! J. K. Rowling
It was important, Dumbledore said, to fight, and fight again, and keep fighting, for only then could evil be kept at bay, though never quite eradicated. J.K. Rowling
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends. J. K. Rowling
I believe your friends Misters Fred and George Weasley were responsible for trying to send you a toilet seat. No doubt they thought it would amuse you. J.K. Rowling
It does not do well to dwell on dreams and forget to live. J. K. Rowling
I see a light in the kitchen. Let us not deprive Molly any longer of the chance to deplore how thin you are. J.K. Rowling
To the well organized mind, death is but the next great adventure. J. K. Rowling
You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be! J.K. Rowling
But you know, happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light. J. K. Rowling
You will also find that help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it. J.K. Rowling
It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be. J. K. Rowling
Like the fact that the person Sirius cared for the most about in the world was you, said Dumbledore quietly. J.K. Rowling
Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy. J. K. Rowling
It’s lucky it’s dark. I haven’t blushed so much since Madam Pomfrey told me she liked my new earmuffs. J.K. Rowling
We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided. J. K. Rowling
My word, Severus, that I shall never reveal the best of you? Dumbledore sighed, looking down into Snape’s ferocious, anguished face. If you insist. J.K. Rowling
Do not pity the dead, Harry, pity the living, and above all those who live without love. J. K. Rowling
I feel I owe you another explanation Harry, said Dumbledore hesitantly. You may, perhaps, wondered why I never chose you as a prefect? I must confess that I rather thought you had enough responsibility to be going on with. Harry looked up at him and saw a tear trickling down Dumbledore’s face into his long silver beard. JK Rowling
Perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it. J. K. Rowling
Harry, you wonderful boy, you brave, brave man. J.K. Rowling
It is my belief that the truth is generally preferable to lies. J. K. Rowling
I was supposed to be waiting up here when you got back, only your Phoenix lot got in the way. Yes, they do that, said Dumbledore. J.K. Rowling
And now, Harry, let us step out into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure. J. K. Rowling
Because to confide a part of your soul to something that can think and move for itself is obviously a very risky business. J.K. Rowling
Why are they all staring? demanded Albus as he and Rose craned around to look at the other students. Don’t let it worry you, said Ron. It’s me. I’m extremely famous. Harry Potter
I am not worried, Harry, said Dumbledore, his voice a little stronger despite the freezing water. I am with you. J.K. Rowling
The consequences of our actions are always so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed. J. K. Rowling
Even if I could, I wouldn’t. Scars can come in handy. I have one myself above my left knee that is a perfect map of the London Underground. J.K. Rowling
Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open. J. K. Rowling
Three turns should do it. J.K. Rowling
It is important to fight and fight again, and keep fighting, for only then can evil be kept at bay though never quite eradicated. J. K. Rowling
There is a room in the Department of Mysteries, that is kept locked at all times. It contains a force that is at once more wonderful and more terrible than death, than human intelligence, than forces of nature. It is also, perhaps, the most mysterious of the many subjects for study that reside there. It is the power held within that room that you possess in such quantities and which Voldemort has not at all. That power took you to save Sirius tonight. That power also saved you from possession by Voldemort, because he could not bear to reside in a body so full of the force he detests. In the end, it mattered not that you could not close your mind. It was your heart that saved you. J. K. Rowling
The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution. J. K. Rowling
Witness for the defense, Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore. J.K. Rowling
The best of us sometimes eat our words. J. K. Rowling
Everybody finished the song at different times. Dumbledore conducted their last few lines with his wand and when they had finished, he was one of those who clapped loudest. Ah music, he said, wiping his eyes. A magic beyond all we do here! J.K. Rowling
One can never have enough socks. J. K. Rowling
Don’t count your owls before they are delivered. J.K. Rowling
Curiosity is not a sin. But we should exercise caution with our curiosity yes, indeed. J. K. Rowling
And I must draft an advertisement for the Daily Prophet, too, he added thoughtfully. We’ll be needing a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. Dear me, we do seem to run through them, don’t we? J.K. Rowling
I sometimes find, and I am sure you know the feeling, that I simply have too many thoughts and memories crammed into my mind. J. K. Rowling
Prongs rode again last night. You know, Harry, in a way, you did see your father last night. You found him inside yourself. J.K. Rowling
Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth. J. K. Rowling
Directly above them, framed in the doorway from the Brain Room, stood Albus Dumbledore, his wand aloft, his face white and furious. Harry felt a kind of electric charge surge through every particle of his body they were saved. J.K. Rowling
Ah, music, he said, wiping his eyes. A magic beyond all we do here! J. K. Rowling
Crackers! said Dumbledore enthusiastically, offering the end of a large silver noisemaker to Snape, who took it reluctantly. J.K. Rowling
What happened down in the dungeons between you and Professor Quirrell is a complete secret, so, naturally the whole school knows. J. K. Rowling
You know, I sometimes think we Sort too soon. J.K. Rowling
But Dumbledore says he doesn’t care what they do as long as they don’t take him off the Chocolate Frog cards. J. K. Rowling
Severus, please fetch me the strongest truth potion you posess, then go down to the kitchen and bring up the house elf called Winky. Minerva, kindly go down to Hagrids house where you will find a large black dog sitting in the pumpkin patch. Take the dog up to my office, tell him I will be with him shortly, then come back here. J.K. Rowling
Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real? J. K. Rowling
Only one thing mattered this was not a Horcrux. Dumbledore had weakened himself by drinking that horrible potion for nothing. Harry crumpled the parchment in his hand and his eyes burned with tears as behind him Fang began to howl. J.K. Rowling
You know, Minister, I disagree with Dumbledore on many counts but you cannot deny he’s got style. J. K. Rowling
