Francois Rabelais. He was a poet. And his last words were “I go to seek a Great Perhaps.” That’s why I’m going. So I don’t have to wait until I die to start seeking a Great Perhaps.
What is a teacher? I’ll tell you: it isn’t someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows.
If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.
If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original.
The highest result of education is tolerance.
What’s the point in being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable? How very odd, to believe God gave you life, and yet not think that life asks more of you than watching TV.
If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.
We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.
You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
To live is to learn, and to learn is to live. Live. Learn.
Sometimes what you want is right in front of you. All you have to do is open your eyes and see it.
It does not matter where we come from or what we look like. If we recognize our abilities, are willing to learn and to use what we know in helping others, we will always have a place in the world.
Get books, sit yourself down anywhere, and go to reading them yourself.
If we recognize our talents and use them appropriately, and choose a field that uses those talents, we will rise to the top of our field.
The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil.
The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good.
We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education. The complete education gives one not only power of concentration, but worthy objectives upon which to concentrate.
You will also find that help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it.
The doors of the world are opened to people who can read.
Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.