Some of the best literary quotes can be found in children's books. Most offer life advice that we will forever carry with us, some simply touch our hearts. Here are 20 of the best quotes from our childhood books.
1. "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." - Aesop, "The Lion and the Mouse"
2. "It's no use going back to yesterday because I was a different person then." - Lewis Carroll, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"
3. "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss, "The Cat in the Hat"
4. "Inside all of us is hope. Inside all of us is fear. Inside all of us is adventure. Inside all of us is ... a Wild Thing." - Maurice Sendak, "Where the Wild Things Are"
5. "It is when we are most lost that we sometimes find our truest friends." - The Brothers Grimm, "Snow White"
6. "You must never feel badly for making mistakes... as long as you take the trouble to learn from them." - Norton Juster, "The Phantom Tollbooth"
7. "The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it." - J.M. Barrie, "Peter Pan"
8."There is nothing sweeter in this sad world than the sound of someone you love calling your name." - Kate DiCamillo, "The Tale of Despereaux"
9. "Sometimes you have to lie. But to yourself you must always tell the truth." - Louise Fitzhugh, "Harriet the Spy"
10. "It's only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, "The Little Prince"
11. "If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden." - Frances Hodgson Burnett, "The Secret Garden"
12. "Once there was a tree... and she loved a little boy." - Shel Silverstein, "The Giving Tree"
13. "Believing takes practice." - Madeleine L'Engle, "A Wrinkle in Time"
14. "Who knows, my friend? Maybe the sword does have some magic. Personally, I think it's the warrior who wields it." - Brian Jacques, "Redwall"
15. "The True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid." - L. Frank Baum, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"
16. "Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. make sure everything you do is so completely crazy it's unbelievable." - Roald Dahl, "Matilda"
17. "For what you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing. It also depend on what sort of person you are." - C.S. Lewis, "The Magician's Nephew"
18. "But the children knew, as I'm sure you know, that the worst surroundings in the world can be tolerated if the people in them are interesting and kind." - Lemony Snicket, "The Bad Beginning"
19. "It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." - J. K. Rowling, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"
20. "Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you, because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places." - Roald Dahl, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
