“Time has to be given yet it is earned so you learn what matters and leave the rest to burn.”
“I certainly wasn't happy. Happiness has to do with reason, and only reason earns it. What I was given was the thing you can't earn, and can't keep, and often don't even recognize at the time; I mean joy.”
“It isn't a matter of forgetting. What one has to learn is how to remember and yet be free of the past.”
“Scrimgeour: "It's time you learned some respect!" Harry: "It's time you earned it.”
“Women’s loyalty has to be earned with trust and affection, rather than barbaric rituals. The time has come to leave the old ways of suffering behind”
“What makes you wise is not what you learn, but what you practice. What makes you wealthy is not what you earn, but what you invest. So, invest in what to practice, and practice what to invest.”