“Which only goes to show that the best of us must sometimes eat our words,' Dumbledore went on, smiling.”

“I seem to remember telling you both that I would have to expel you if you broke any more school rules,” said Dumbledore.Ron opened his mouth in horror.“Which goes to show that the best of us must sometimes eat our words,” Dumbledore went on, smiling.”

“The best of us must sometimes eat our words.”

“The last words Albus Dumbledore spoke to the pair of us?' Harry is the best hope we have. Trust him.”

“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 …”

“Dark times lie ahead of us and there will be a time when we must choose between what is easy and what is right.-Albus Dumbledore”

“At that moment, Harry fully understood for the first time why people said Dumbledore was the only wizard Voldemort had ever feared. The look upon Dumbledore's face as he stared down at the unconscious form of Mad-Eye moody was more terrible than Harry could have ever imagined. There was no benign smile upon Dumbledore's face, no twinkle in the eyes behind the spectacles. There was cold fury in every line of the ancient face; a sense of power radiated from Dumbledore as though he were giving off burning heat.”