1. “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” – Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
2. “The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.” – John Green, Looking for Alaska
3. “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” – George Orwell, Animal Farm
4. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom
5. “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.” – Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
6. “The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.” – John Milton, Paradise Lost
7. “To love another person is to see the face of God.” – Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
8. “It is not the length of life, but the depth of life.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays: First Series
9. “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
10. “It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” – William Shakespeare, Macbeth
11. “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” – Edmund Burke, Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents
12. “We accept the love we think we deserve.” – Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
13. “Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” – J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
14. “The only thing standing between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.” – Jordan Belfort, The Wolf of Wall Street
15. “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays: First Series
16. “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
17. “The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword.” – George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
18. “One must always be careful of books and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.” – Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel
19. “If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.” – J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
20. “Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.” – Søren Kierkegaard, Either/Or
21. “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker, The Effective Executive
22. “The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” – Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms
23. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address
24. “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance
25. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas A. Edison, Diary and Sundry Observations
26. “It does not do well to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” – J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
27. “Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” – Dylan Thomas, In Country Sleep, and Other Poems
28. “I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.” – Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
29. “The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.” – John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court
30. “It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.” – Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
31. “The only way to deal with temptation is to yield to it.” – Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
32. “Love is a temporary madness, it erupts like volcanoes and then subsides. And when it subsides, you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part.” – Louis de Bernières, Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
33. “We are all fools in love.” – Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
34. “It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.” – Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of “A Course in Miracles”
35. “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” – Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
36. “The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.” – William Saroyan, My Name Is Aram
37. “The truth will set you free. But first, it will piss you off.” – Gloria Steinem, Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem
38. “Sometimes you have to be a little bit naughty.” – Roald Dahl, Matilda
39. “The world is not a wish-granting factory.” – John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
40. “All endings are also beginnings. We just don’t know it at the time.” – Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven
41. “Not all those who wander are lost.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
42. “We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” – Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night
43. “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” – William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun
44. “It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.” – Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
45. “The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.” – Jack Kerouac, On the Road
46. “We are all fools in love.” – Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility
47. “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” – Jorge Luis Borges, Labyrinths
48. “It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.” – André Gide, Autumn Leaves
49. “What’s the point of having a voice if you’re gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn’t be?” – Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give
50. “It is the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.” – Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
51. “We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already.” – J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
52. “The heart dies a slow death, shedding each hope like leaves until one day there are none. No hopes. Nothing remains.” – Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha