"It is better to do what is hard than to do what is easy" quote from Harry Potter

[a35362]

I don’t remember what the exact quote is, but this is something Dumbledore tells Harry.

My question is: was this in the book or just in the movie? If it’s in the book, can somebody quote me book and chapter, please?

And is the line a steal from another source?

Thanks in advance!

[The_Other_Waldo_Pepper]

“All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare,” said Spinoza.

[expectopatronum]

might you be thinking of this quote from goblet of fire?

“Remember Cedric. Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good, and kind, and brave, because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort. Remember Cedric Diggory.”

i don’t have the book handy so i can’t give you the chapter, but dumbledore says this while addressing the students at the end of term feast. it’s one of the last chapters of goblet of fire.

[muldoonthief]

It’s obviously older than this, but here’s a famous example:

@JFK

We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.

[sachertorte]

Dumbledore doesn’t compare difficult and easy, he contrasts the choice between what is easy and what is right.

[Gedd]

@expectopatronum

might you be thinking of this quote from goblet of fire?

i don’t have the book handy so i can’t give you the chapter, but dumbledore says this while addressing the students at the end of term feast. it’s one of the last chapters of goblet of fire.

Chapter 37 “The Begining,” which is the last chapter of the book. It’s part of the toast Dumbledore gives at the end of the year feast before everyone (including the student’s from the other schools) go home.

[Fenris]

@muldoonthief

It’s obviously older than this, but here’s a famous example:

The JFK one was what I was going to post as well (and IMO, it’s his best speech ever, far better than the “Ask not…” one)

[Gyrate]

“Remember Cedric. Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good, and kind, and brave, because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort. Remember Cedric Diggory.”

I always thought that bit was badly written. It sounds like he’s saying that “If you have to choose between what’s right and what’s easy, remember that choosing what’s right will result in you dying horribly.”

[SciFiSam]

@Gyrate

I always thought that bit was badly written. It sounds like he’s saying that “If you have to choose between what’s right and what’s easy, remember that choosing what’s right will result in you dying horribly.”

Very well written if she wanted to imply that Dumbledore was a secret baddie.

[Airk]

@Gyrate

I always thought that bit was badly written. It sounds like he’s saying that “If you have to choose between what’s right and what’s easy, remember that choosing what’s right will result in you dying horribly.”

I was just thinking that myself. o.o