Here are 30 Life-Changing Quotes from Books, along with their release year, title, and the author of the book:
- “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” – “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”, J.K. Rowling (1998)
- “Not all those who wander are lost.” – “The Fellowship of the Ring”, J.R.R. Tolkien (1954)
- “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” – “A Tale of Two Cities”, Charles Dickens (1859)
- “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” – “Animal Farm”, George Orwell (1945)
- “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt’s First Inaugural Address (included in many historical collections), 1933
- “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” – “Pride and Prejudice”, Jane Austen (1813)
- “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” – “The Great Gatsby”, F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925)
- “And so we came forth, and once again beheld the stars.” – “The Divine Comedy: Inferno”, Dante Alighieri (circa 1320)
- “Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” – “Wuthering Heights”, Emily Brontë (1847)
- “To be, or not to be, that is the question.” – “Hamlet”, William Shakespeare (1603)
- “It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” – “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”, J.K. Rowling (1997)
- “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” – “The Bible (Genesis 1:1), 1400 BCE
- “The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything is 42.” – “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”, Douglas Adams (1979)
- “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” – “The Fellowship of the Ring”, J.R.R. Tolkien (1954)
- “It was a pleasure to burn.” – “Fahrenheit 451”, Ray Bradbury (1953)
- “The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.” – “Paradise Lost”, John Milton (1667)
- “Call me Ishmael.” – “Moby-Dick”, Herman Melville (1851)
- “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” – “Anna Karenina”, Leo Tolstoy (1877)
- “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” – “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”, Maya Angelou (1969)
- “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” – “To Kill a Mockingbird”, Harper Lee (1960)
- “It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.” – “A Tale of Two Cities”, Charles Dickens (1859)
- “Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.” – “To Kill a Mockingbird”, Harper Lee (1960)
- “All endings are also beginnings. We just don’t know it at the time.” – “The Five People You Meet in Heaven”, Mitch Albom (2003)
- “It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.” – “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”, Lewis Carroll (1865)
- “Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” – “Les Misérables”, Victor Hugo (1862)
- “And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” – “The Alchemist”, Paulo Coelho (1988)
- “Not all those who wander are lost.” – “The Fellowship of the Ring”, J.R.R. Tolkien (1954)
- “The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.” – “Looking for Alaska”, John Green (2005)
- “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” – “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!”, Dr. Seuss (1990)
- “We accept the love we think we deserve.” – “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”, Stephen Chbosky, (1999)