110+ Harry Potter Quotes On Life, Love and Friendship (+ Free Printable)

110+ Harry Potter Quotes On Life & Beyond

Romantic

These romantic Harry Potter quotes are better than any love potion in existence. Include them in a greeting card or say them aloud, and you’re sure to win them over!

• “What do I care how he looks? I am good-looking enough for both of us, I theenk! All these scars show is zat my husband is brave!” – Fleur Delacour, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Chapter 29, Page 519)
• “I cared more for your happiness than your knowing the truth, more for your peace of mind than my plan, more for your life than the lives that might be lost if the plan failed.” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Chapter 37, Page 759)
• “He spotted Ginny two tables away; she was sitting with her head on her mother’s shoulder: there would be time to talk later, hours and days and maybe years in which to talk” – J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Chapter 36, Page 610)

Love

Show someone that you really care about them with these Harry potter love quotes:

• “Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all those who live without love.” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Chapter 35, Page 590)
• “It is impossible to manufacture or imitate love”. – Horace Slughorn, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Chapter 9, Page 156)
• “Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.” — Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Chapter 37, Page 602)
• “The ones that love us never really leave us. You can always find them in here.” — Sirius Black, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Movie)
• “If you loved Lily Evans, if you truly loved her, then your way forward is clear.” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Chapter 33, Page 554)
• “After all this time?” “Always,” said Snape. – Albus Dumbledore & Severus Snape, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Chapter 33)

Family

Is blood thicker than water? Let these Harry Potter family quotes show you the true meaning of family:

• “Family…Whatever yeh say, blood’s important. . . .” – Rubeus Hagrid, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Chapter 25, Page 521)
•  “The Sorting is a very important ceremony because, while you are here, your house will be something like your family within Hogwarts…” – Minerva McGonagall, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Chapter 7, Page 122)
• “Love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves it’s own mark. To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever.” ― Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Chapter 17, Page 216)
• Makes a diff’rence, havin’ a decent family,” he said. “Me dad was decent. An’ your mum an’ dad were decent. If they’d lived, life woulda bin diff’rent, eh?” “Yeah . . . I s’pose,” said Harry cautiously. – Rubeus Hagrid, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Chapter 25, Page 520)
•  “—right after you’d had your son . . . Remus, I’m sorry—” “I am sorry too,” said Lupin. “Sorry I will never know him . . . but he will know why I died and I hope he will understand. I was trying to make a world in which he could live a happier life.” — Remus Lupin, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Chapter 34)
• “Harry was looking at his family, for the first time in his life.The Potters smiled and waved at Harry and he stared hungrily back at them, his hands pressed flat against the glass as though he was hoping to fall right through it and reach them. He had a powerful kind of ache inside him, half joy, half terrible sadness.” – J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Chapter 12, Page 223)

Friendship

Share these Harry Potter friendship quotes with your friends and even best friends to show how much you appreciate them:

• “There are some things you can’t share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them.”  – J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Chapter 10, Page 132)
• “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Chapter 17, Page 307)
• “Books! And cleverness! There are more important things — friendship and bravery. – Hermione Granger, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Chapter 16, Page 208)
• “We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Chapter 37, Page 602)
• “We’re with you whatever happens.” – Ron Weasley, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Chapter 30, Page 542)
• “No, Harry, you listen,’ said Hermione. ‘We’re coming with you. That was decided months ago — years, really.”   –  Hermione Granger, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Chapter 6, Page 76)
• “Ron Weasley: …he must have known I’d run out on you. Harry Potter: No. He must’ve known you’d always want to come back.” –  Ron Weasley & Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Chapter 20, Page 320)

Being Yourself

This list of Harry Potter quotes tell you to be proud of who you are and what you stand for:

• “I am what I am, an’ I’m not ashamed. ‘Never be ashamed,’ my ol’ dad used ter say, ‘there’s some who’ll hold it against you, but they’re not worth botherin’ with.’” – Rubeus Hagrid, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Chapter 24, Page 384)
• “It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.” — Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Chapter 36, Page 595)
• “Yeah, size is no guarantee of power”– George Weasley, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Chapter 6, Page 92)
• “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secret (Chapter 18, Page 333)
• “Wit beyond measure is man’s greatest treasure.” — Inscription on Rowena Ravenclaw’s plinth., Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Chapter 29, Page 479)
• “I can’t pretend anymore. You’ve chosen your way, I’ve chosen mine.” — Lily Evans, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Chapter 33, Page 539)
• “You’re a little scary sometimes, you know that? Brilliant … but scary.” – Ron Weasley, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Movie)

Bravery

• “Time will not slow down when something unpleasant lies ahead.” – J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire  (Chapter 37, Page 602)
• “The thing about growing up with Fred and George,’ said Ginny thoughtfully, ‘is that you sort of start thinking anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.’” – Ginny Weasley, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Chapter 29, Page 601)
• “Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.” — Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone  (Chapter 17, Page 298)

Leadership

• “If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.” – Sirius Black, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Chapter 27, Page 443)
• “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 who rises against them and strikes back!” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Chapter 23, Page 424)
• “It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it. Those who, like you, have leadership thrust upon them, and take up the mantle because they must, and find to their own surprise that they wear it well.” — Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Chapter 35, Page 576)
• “It is the quality of one’s convictions that determines success, not the number of followers.” — Remus Lupin, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (Movie)

Sadness

Feeling down in the dumps or depressed? Here is a selection of sad Harry Potter quotes that can hopefully cheer you up:

• “Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Chapter 36, Page 584)
• “No good sittin’ worryin’ abou’ it. What’s comin’ will come, an’ we’ll meet it when it does.” — Rubeus Hagrid, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Chapter 37, Page 602)
• “Harry, suffering like this proves you are still a man! This pain is part of being human.” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Chapter 37, Page 755)
• I don’t think you’re a waste of space…You saved my life. — Dudley Dursley, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Chapter 3, Page 30)
• “Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it.” — Albus Dumbledore , Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Chapter 35, Page 576)
• “Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.” — Albus Dumbledore, Order of the Phoenix (Chapter 37)

Education

A collection of Harry potters quotes about reading, studying and the importance of education:

• “When in doubt, go to the library.” – Ron Weasley, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Chapter 14, Page 189)
• “A little extra wisdom never goes amiss, Potter, but I hardly think it would be much use in this situation!” — Filius Flitwick, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Chapter 30, Page 490)
• “Of house-elves and children’s tales, of love, loyalty, and innocence, Voldemort knows and understands nothing. Nothing. That they all have a power beyond his own, a power beyond the reach of any magic, is a truth he has never grasped.” — Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Chapter 35, Page 580)
• “Well, that’s a good sign, I never feel you perform as well in exams if you’re not a bit nervous” – Hermione Granger, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Chapter 19, Page373)
• “I think we’ve outgrown full-time education … Time to test our talents in the real world, d’you reckon?,” — Fred Weasley, Order of the Phoenix (Movie)
• “Why, dear boy, we don’t send wizards to Azkaban just for blowing up their aunts.” ― Cornelius Fudge, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Movie)
• Honestly, am I the only person who’s ever bothered to read ‘Hogwarts: A History? – Hermione Granger, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Chapter 9, Page 172)

Check out this post on over 103 reading quotes for more educational quotes!

Death

Death happens to us all. Here is our favourite list of Harry Potter quotes about death and coping with it:

• “To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Chapter 17, Page 297)
• “Ah, of course. There is no need to say any more, Miss Granger. Tell me, which of you will be dying this year?” – Minerva McGonagall, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Chapter 6, Page 114)
• “It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Chapter 26, Page 471)
• “You think the dead we have loved ever truly leave us? You think that we don’t recall them more clearly than ever in times of great trouble?” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Chapter 22, Page 454)
• The letter was an incredible treasure, proof that Lily Potter had lived, really lived, that her warm hand had once moved across this parchment, tracing ink into these letters, these words, words about him, Harry, her son. — J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Chapter 10, Page 145)
• “Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.” — Kingsley Shacklebolt, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Chapter 22, Page 359)
• “I confess I should prefer a quick, painless exit, to the protracted and messy affair it will be” — Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Chapter 33, Page 558)
• “Death was impatient….”— J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Chapter 34, Page 566)
• “He felt he would have given all the time remaining to him for just one last look at them” — J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Chapter 34, Page 567)
• “The true master does not run away from Death. He accepts that he must die and knows that there are far, far worse things in the living world than dying.” — Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Chapter 35)
• “Fawkes is a phoenix, Harry. Phoenixes burst into flame when it is time for them to die and are reborn from the ashes.” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Chapter 12, Page 219)

Happiness 

• “Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” — Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Movie)
• “It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Chapter 12, Page 214)
• “Don’t let the Muggles get you down.” — Ron Weasley, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, (Chapter 1, Page 10)
• “Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.” — Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
•  “We must try not to sink beneath our anguish, Harry, but battle on.” — Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• “Eat, you’ll feel better.” — Remus Lupin, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Magic Quotes

List of our favourite Harry Potter magic quotes:

• “Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”  — Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Chapter 35, Page 576)
• “Ah, music,’ he said, wiping his eyes. ‘A magic beyond all we do here!” — Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Chapter 7, Page 137)
• “Oh, I will,” said Harry, and they were surprised at the grin that was spreading over his face. “They don’t know we’re not allowed to use magic at home. I’m going to have a lot of fun with Dudley this summer….” — J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Chapter 17, Page 332)
• “Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can’t see where it keeps its brain.” —Arthur Weasley, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Chapter 18)
• “Harry, I can’t believe it…. You conjured up a Patronus that drove away all those dementors! That’s very, very advanced magic.” —J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Chapter 21, Page 438)
• “Time and space matter in magic, Potter.” —Severus Snape, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Chapter 24, Page 490)

Funny

List of the funniest harry potter quotes from the books and movies:

• “We’ve been hearing explosions out of their room for ages, but we never thought they were actually making things. We thought they just liked the noise.”– Ginny Weasley, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Chapter 5, Page 47)
• “You know, Minister, I disagree with Dumbledore on many counts . . . but you cannot deny he’s got style . . .” – Phineas Nigellus, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Chapter 27, Page 557)
• “Lockhart’ll sign anything if it stands still long enough.” – Ron Weasley, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Chapter 10, Page 164)
• “Can I have a look at Uranus too, Lavender?” – Ron Weasley, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, (Chapter 13, Page 170)
• “We did it, we bashed them, wee Potter’s the one, And Voldy’s gone moldy, so now let’s have fun!” – Peeves, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Chapter 36, Page 610)
• “I am a wizard, not a baboon brandishing a stick.” – Seamus Finnigan, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Chapter 17, Page 294)
• “You haven’t got a letter on yours. I suppose she thinks you don’t forget your name. But we’re not stupid — we know we’re called Gred and Forge.”– George Weasley, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Chapter 12, Page 149)
• “I told her it’s a Hungarian Horntail. Much more macho.” – Ginny Weasley, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Chapter 25, Page 445)
• Rita: “Congratulations, Harry! I wonder if you could give me a quick word? How you felt facing that dragon? How you feel now, about the fairness of the scoring?” Harry: “Yeah, you can have a word. Good-bye.” – Rita Skeeter and Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Chapter 20, Page 306)
• “There’s no need to call me ‘sir,’ Professor.” – Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Chapter 9, Page 151)
• “Well, honestly . . . ‘the fates have informed her’ . . . who sets the exam? She does! What an amazing prediction!” – Hermione Granger, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Chapter 15, Page 316)
• Hermione: “Bouillabaisse.” Ron: “Bless you.” – Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Chapter 16, Page 211)
• “He can move faster than Severus Snape confronted with shampoo.”  –  Fred, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Chapter 22, Page 361)
• “Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn’t mean we all have.” –  Hermione Granger, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Chapter 21, Page 425)
• “Anyone can speak Troll. All you have to do is point and grunt.” –  Fred Weasley, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Chapter 7, Page 76)
• “Honestly, if you were any slower, you’d be going backward.” –  Draco MalFoy, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Chapter 12, Page 237)

Growing Old

Some Harry Potter quotes on growing up or getting older:

• “Youth can not know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.” Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Chapter 37, Page 761)
• “Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth.” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Chapter 26, Page 470)

Hope

• “The thing is, it helps when people stand up to them, it gives everyone hope. I used to notice that when you did it, Harry.” –  Neville Longbottom, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Chapter 29, Page 467)

Goodbye

• “By returning, you may ensure that fewer souls are maimed, fewer families are torn apart. If that seems to you a worthy goal, then we say good-bye for the present.” –  Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Chapter 35, Page 590)

Short Quotes

• “It’s time you earned it.” – Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Chapter 7, Page 104)
• “On your head, be it.” – Lord Voldemort, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Chapter 36)
• “Training for the ballet, Potter?”– Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Chapter 7, Page 180)
• “Dobby is free.” – Dobby, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Chapter 18)
• “Mischief Managed!” — Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Chapter 10, Page 206)
• “Yer a wizard Harry.” — Rubeus Hagrid, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Chapter 4, Page 55)

Hogwarts Quotes

• “But he was home. Hogwarts was the first and best home he had known. He and Voldemort and Snape, the abandoned boys, had all found home here…” — J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Chapter 34)

Famous Quotes

List of famous Harry Potter lines from the movies and books:

• “Things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect.” — Luna Lovegood, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• “Sadly, accidental rudeness occurs alarmingly often. Best to say nothing at all, my dear man.” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Chapter 3, Page 39)
• “There’s things more importan’ than keepin’ a job.”  – Rubeus Hagrid, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Chapter 27)
• “The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Chapter 17)
• “Curiosity is not a sin. But we should exercise caution with our curiosity.” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Chapter 30, Page 504)
• “Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.” — Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Movie)
• “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.” — Sirius Black, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• “I solemnly swear I am up to no good.”  — Weasley,  Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Chapter 10, Page 203)
• “I think I’ll just go down and have some pudding and wait for it all to turn up — it always does in the end.” — Luna Lovegood, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Chapter 38, Page 794)
• “You can laugh, but people used to believe there were no such things as the Blibbering Humdinger or the Crumple-Horned Snorkack!” — Luna Lovegood, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Chapter 13, Page 243)
• “Dumbledore says people find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right.” — Hermione Granger, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Chapter 5, Page 81)