“More things in this world have been accomplished in this world by persistence than by wisdom.”

“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”

“There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world.”

“Dumbledore would have been happier than anybody to think that there was a little more love in the world.”

“The supernatural world has always been more real to me than the real world.”

“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On!' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”