Wizard Quotes, Captions

This selection of wizard quotes includes famous sayings from The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, The Wizard of Oz, and more.

Read on to discover the enchanting world of the wizard — their fantastic powers will leave you spellbound!

Best wizard quotes

Here are some of the most inspirational words and sayings about wizards (including magicians, sorcerers, and warlocks).

1.) I address you all tonight for who you truly are: wizards, mermaids, travelers, adventurers, and magicians. You are the true dreamers.
Brian Selznick

2.) But it is said: Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
J.R.R. Tolkien

3.) In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.
Billy Joel

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Wizard’s power quotes

4.) A wizard’s power of Changing and Summoning can shake the balance of the world. It is dangerous, that power… It must follow knowledge, and serve need.
Ursula K. Le Guin

5.) Wizards had always known that the act of observation changed the thing that was observed, and sometimes forgot that it also changed the observer too.
Terry Pratchett

6.) No man, no power, can bind the action of wizardry or still the words of power. For they are the very words of Making, and one who could silence them could unmake the world.
Ursula K. Le Guin

Funny wizard quotes

7.) I often get mistaken for Dumbledore. One wizard is very much like another.
Ian McKellen

8.) Nobody gets excited when they see me. If I put on my wizard outfit and walk around the airport for a couple of hours, I get a couple of puzzled glances.
Andy Kindler

Short wizard quotes

9.) Wizards are a secretive lot.
Patricia Briggs

10.) Well, put it like this, if you’re not a kid, you’re a wizard.
Ian Hart

11.) She is fearless, as fast as the whirlwind, as wise as the White Wizard.
Allan Baillie

12.) Wizards don’t all look alike.
Patricia Briggs

Wizard fairy tale quotes

13.) The older a wizard grows, the more silent he becomes, like a woody vine growing over time to choke a garden path, deep and full of moss and snakes, running everywhere, impenetrable.
F.T. McKinstry

14.) Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived.
Helen Keller

More fairy tale quotes and sayings.

The Wizard of Oz quote.

Wizard magic quotes

15.) And at that moment he saw that Merlin was already standing in the entrance of the tent, and Merlin smiled, for he took joy in causing wonder.
John Steinbeck

16.) What is magic?
There is the wizard’s explanation… wizards talk about candles, circles, planets, stars, bananas, chants, runes and the importance of having at least four good meals every day.
Terry Pratchett

17.) Magic is the stunning art of surprising your audience, so that nothing else surprises them.
Amit Kalantri

More magic quotes and sayings.

Wizard quotes from TV and movies

The Wizard of Oz

18.) Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.
The Wizard of Oz

19.) Nobody gets in to see the wizard. Not nobody.
The Wizard of Oz

20.) “I think you are a very bad man,” said Dorothy.
“Oh, no, my dear; I’m really a very good man, but I’m a very bad Wizard, I must admit.”
L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

21.) It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.”
Gandalf, The Lord of the Rings

22.) I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. You cannot pass.The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn. Go back to the Shadow! You cannot pass.
Gandalf, The Lord of the Rings

23.) Something has crept, or has been driven out of dark waters under the mountains. There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.
Gandalf, The Lord of the Rings

24.) A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.
Gandalf, The Lord of the Rings

25.) Tell me, “friend”, when did Saruman the Wise abandon reason for madness?
Gandalf, The Lord of the Rings

26.) He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.
Gandalf, The Lord of the Rings

27.) The treacherous are ever distrustful.
Gandalf, The Lord of the Rings

28.) Only a small part is played in great deeds by any hero.
Gandalf, The Lord of the Rings

29.) May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.
Gandalf, The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings quote.

Harry Potter

30.) You’re a wizard Harry!
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

31.) The wand chooses the wizard.
Mr. Ollivander, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

32.) Don’t put your wand there, boy! … Better wizards than you have lost buttocks, you know!
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

33.) Didn’t you smash down the front door, give Dudley a pig’s tail, and tell me I was a wizard?
Harry Potter

34.) Why, dear boy, we don’t send wizards to Azkaban just for blowing up their aunts.
J.K. Rowling , Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

35.) “And what if I wave my wand and nothing happens?”
“Throw it away and punch him on the nose,” Ron suggested.
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

36.) Apparently wizards poke their noses in everywhere!
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

37.) The wizards represent all that the true ‘muggle’ most fears: They are plainly outcasts and comfortable with being so. Nothing is more unnerving to the truly conventional than the unashamed misfit!
J.K. Rowling

38.) Wands are only as powerful as the wizards who use them. Some wizards just like to boast that theirs are bigger and better than other people’s.
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Dumbledore

39.) In dreams, we enter a world that’s entirely our own.
Albus Dumbledore

40.) “There are all kinds of courage,” said Dumbledore, smiling. “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”
Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

41.) It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.
Dumbledore

42.) It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.
Dumbledore

43.) The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with caution.
Dumbledore

44.) It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
Dumbledore

45.) It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it.
Dumbledore

Wizards of Waverly Place

46.) A full wizard there can be but one. All power to a daughter or son. To an ancient battle transport us three where one will emerge in victory.
Jerry Russo, Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie

47.) Don’t you see what you’ve done? Used magic to make your relationship OK. I don’t think that’s right.
Harper, Wizards of Waverly Place

48.) Lesson number two is about genies that live in a lamp. And they are the con artists of the wizard world.
Jerry Russo, Wizards of Waverly Place

49.) Now, based on the fact that neither of you ran off, I’d say you also have a secret. What are you an elf, wizard, a genie, or just desperate?
Mason, Wizards of Waverly Place

Wizard quotes from fantasy games

Dungeons and Dragons

50.) Sorcery? Bah. Anyone can pick up a brush and paint, call themselves an artist even. But only through years of dedication and study can you create a true masterpiece. A sorcerer is like a child with paints, barely understanding what they are doing. I have mastered the art.
Mialee the wizard, Dungeons & Dragons

51.) Power? Wizards know nothing of power. Yes, they have their rituals and books, but take that away and what remains? I am magic. Take from me and you only invoke my wrath. Then, and only then will you see real power.
Hennet the sorcerer, Dungeons & Dragons

52.) Yes, that is correct. My ancestors made a pact with infernal beings for power unknown to mere mortals.
Morthos the warlock, Dungeons & Dragons

Magic: The Gathering

53.) What makes a frog lizard any worse than a bird horse? Prejudice against the Simic, that’s what. It’s unfair!
Magic: The Gathering

54.) Mastery is achieved when “telling time” becomes “telling time what to do.”
Magic: The Gathering

55.) Your deeds cannot be undone. You, however, can be.
Agosto, Azorius imperator, Magic: The Gathering

56.) Someday, someone will best me. But it won’t be today, and it won’t be you.
Magic: The Gathering

Wizard captions for Instagram

Cast a spell on your social media followers with these clever wizard captions.

  • Do you even wizard?
  • Pinball wizard.
  • I always wanted to be a wizard.
  • The wand chooses the wizard.
  • Magic man.
  • Nature reflects the moods of the wizard.
  • Wizard in training.
  • Trust me, I’m a wizard.
  • Wizard 4 life.
  • Don’t mess with a wizard when she’s wizarding.
  • Mommy wizard.
  • If you need me, I’ll be busy pondering the orb.
  • Wizard at large.
  • I’m a wizard and I know it.
  • Eat. Sleep. Magic. Repeat.
  • Don’t let the muggles get you down.
  • Wizard of aws.

Thanks for reading these wizard quotes and captions. Here are a few more quote lists to check out:

Dragon Quotes

Unicorn Quotes

Princess Quotes


By Greg Johnson | Published 4/12/2022