The 10 Greatest Harry Potter Quotes to Live your Life By

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The pages of each Harry Potter book are laced with life lessons that extend far beyond the characters in the wizarding world. We leave these books with a greater understanding of friendship, bravery and love, making the act of reading them just that much more precious.

Plus there are so many things to do and see based around these much-loved books, from incredible Harry Potter London locations to visit, to going on the Hogwarts Express across Scotland.

We’re clearly feeling a little sentimental, so we’ll just get on with it. Here are 10 of the greatest Harry Potter quotes that help to guide us toward a better life.

  1. ‘Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.’

If we can’t even say the name of the thing we fear, how are we ever going to begin conquering it? Fear perpetuates fear, and the sooner we can get to facing ours, the sooner they’ll lose significance.

  1. ‘Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.’

If we don’t understand our pain and its source, it’ll be much more difficult to move forward. Understanding why something happened also makes it easier to avoid similar circumstances in the future.

  1. ‘It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.’

Sayings like this often incite an eye roll these days, but we’re still steadfast in our believing that it’s true. We really can be whatever we want with a little love, encouragement and hard work.

  1. ‘It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live…’

So often do we wile away our days dreaming of what could be and not appreciating what is. Don’t get us wrong, you should always dream big – but never forget to enjoy the ride. We may dream of living in Hogwarts Castle, but that doesn’t mean we should forget why our muggle homes are so great.

  1. ‘Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.’

We need this Harry Potter quote now more than ever, when the world seems an infinitely huge place and the people in it light-years away. But at the end of the day, if we all have similar goals and acceptance in our hearts, very little truly separates us.

The 10 Greatest Harry Potter Quotes to Live your Life By
  1. ‘It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.’

It’s not our ability to speak German, French and Japanese or sword fight with the best of them, but our choice to be kind, to care about those around us and to love, that make us good.

  1. ‘What’s coming will come, and we’ll meet it when it does.’

It can be all too easy to tumble down the rabbit hole of worrying over what’s coming next, but here, Hagrid couldn’t be more right. Life will find its way to us, and when it does, we’re better off meeting it face-to-face.

  1. ‘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.’

Nobody’s perfect. Harry might be our big hero, but listed among his traits is the ability to speak Parseltongue – the official language of the bad guys. Harry is sometimes steeped in evil, but he reaches beyond it for the good inside him, and it’s this choice that defines his character.

  1. ‘We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.’

There was only one way to defeat Voldemort, the most evil wizard of all time. It was crucial that everyone came together and lo and behold, they did. The only way us muggles can follow suit is by sticking together ourselves.

  1. ‘Happiness can be found even the in the darkest of times if only one remembers to turn on the light.’

This beauty speaks for itself. Thanks, Dumbledore.

Excuse us while we sniffle over our nostalgia.

What is your favourite Harry Potter quote?

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  4. ‘Happiness can be found even the in the darkest of times if only one remembers to turn on the light.’ its my quote 🙂

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  5. I never read any Harry Potter, but the quote ‘It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live…’ is one of my favorite mottos to live by. I plan to have more experiences than dreams.

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  6. I love this list! My favorite Harry Potter quote has to be #7: “‘What’s coming will come, and we’ll meet it when it does.” I got to go back and read all the books again. Thanks!

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  7. All of this is so relevant right now! I just read HP for the first time this past summer. SO GOOD!

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  8. These are really great quotes. I’ve never read any Harry Potter books, but they’re on my TBR list. Maybe I should bump them up the list a bit…

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  9. I adore Harry Potter. There is so much we can take away and learn from these precious words. Thank you for the reminder of life … living it day by day and facing the world head-on … come what may!

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  10. I love the Harry Potter books. It took me years to read them after their were published and I only wish I hadn’t waited so long.

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  11. I think this is one of the best blog posts I have ever read, because I love Harry Potter but also because you can relate to these quotes so much in real life. No 2 really hit with me as my son has anxiety and just getting people to understand is hard. Great post!

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  13. Harry Potter will always be one of my favorites. It’s a series that I will keep going back to for the rest of my life. Thanks for sharing these quotes, they’re all familiar and they’re so useful in life.

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  15. These are some great quotes. I’m not really into Harry Potter, but I can appreciate the quotes. I like #10.

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  17. I love Harry Potter button nearly as much as my daughter, she’s fanatical! I’ve sent her the link to this 🙂

    Oh and number 6 is my favourite xx

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  21. I love all of these! We are huge HP fans, but my daughter like totally geeks out to HP so I pinned it for her 🙂

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  22. I really love the fifth one. It is so true, and you can only see it when you travel. It’s so important to have our minds and hearts open, we are all the same, human beings, and each of us goes through our own struggles. We shall live together in peace, not war.

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  23. I was pretty good about reading all the books, but haven’t seen the most recent movies. These quotes give me life!

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  25. For me, this is the best – “Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.” It is a very timely quote to share to the world in turmoil.

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  26. Such great quotes, if you hadn’t have said I might not have realised they were Harry Potter. My favourite is ‘It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be’ because I think regardless of how you were brought up if you want to achieve things you can x

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  32. These are all such great quotes and reminded me why I love those books so much! Number five in particular seems to be resonating with me a lot these days

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  35. I adore this post. Any blog post that speaks Harry Potter is good for me. ? It has such a special place in my heart! (Ps. I’m half-way through writing a very similar post about HP quotes you should never forget – please don’t think I’m copying when it goes live, haha!) ❤️
    Ashton xx

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    1. Ohh let me know when / if it goes live I would love to have a look 🙂 there’s so many great quotes I can’t wait to see what you pick 🙂 x

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  37. I love these quotes! I had no idea so much wisdom came from Harry Potter. I guess we’re going to have to sit down and binge-watch all of them LOL

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  38. I never thought to make Harry Potter quotes inspiration but these definitely are! Oh, and the books are so good 🙂

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  41. Now I’ve never read or seen the books but these are some really great quotes that can resonate with anyone – fan or not xo

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  43. I needed to read this today – I’m in need of some perspective and some positivity to increase my mood! x

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  45. I’m loving your choice of quotes, very powerful with such meaning behind them. I have never watched 1 Harry Potter! I know shocking, i’m going to make it a mission to change this as 🙂 x

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