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Jane Austen’s works are known for their wit, social commentary, and timeless observations about human nature. While it’s challenging to narrow down her best quotes to just 100, here is a selection of some notable quotes from Jane Austen’s novels:
1. “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
2. “I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book!” – Pride and Prejudice
3. “Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.” – Northanger Abbey
4. “Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity to what we would have others think of us.” – Pride and Prejudice
5.”There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.” – Emma
6. “To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.” – Pride and Prejudice
7. “Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does.” – Emma
8. “A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.” – Pride and Prejudice
9. “We are all fools in love.” – Pride and Prejudice
10. “It isn’t what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.” – Sense and Sensibility
11. “There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.” – Emma
12. “I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures.” – Persuasion
13. “One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.” – Pride and Prejudice
14. “We are all fools in love.” – Pride and Prejudice
15. “I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.” – Emma
16. “There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.” – Pride and Prejudice
17. “The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” – Northanger Abbey
18. “I could easily forgive his pride if he had not mortified mine.” – Pride and Prejudice
19. “A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.” – Pride and Prejudice
20. “You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.” – Pride and Prejudice
21. “The more I know of the world, the more am I convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love.” – Sense and Sensibility
22. “A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.” – Pride and Prejudice
23. “If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.” – Emma
24. “Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.” – Emma
25. “There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.” – Emma
26. “Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.” – Pride and Prejudice
27. “I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, but I feel that I’m hovering on the brink of something amazing.” – Northanger Abbey
28. “I was quiet, but I was not blind.” – Persuasion
29. “I have faults enough, but they are not, I hope, of understanding. My temper I dare not vouch for.” – Pride and Prejudice
30. “A woman, especially if she has the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.” – Northanger Abbey
31. “There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves; it is not my nature.” – Northanger Abbey
32. “One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.” – Pride and Prejudice
33. “To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment.” – Persuasion
34. “A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.” – Mansfield Park
35. “Angry people are not always wise.” – Pride and Prejudice
36. “There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person.” – Emma
37. “We have all a better guide in ourselves if we would attend to it than any other person can be.” – Mansfield Park
38. “There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.” – Emma
39. “For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn?” – Pride and Prejudice
40. “If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.” – Northanger Abbey
41. “It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage.” – Emma
42. “One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.” – Emma
43. “I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.” – Pride and Prejudice
44. “You have delighted us long enough.” – Pride and Prejudice
45. “I cannot make speeches, Emma… If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.” – Emma
46. “There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world as there are pretty women to deserve them.” – Mansfield Park
47. “It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy.” – Pride and Prejudice
48. “To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive.” – Pride and Prejudice
49. “A girl likes to be crossed a little in love now and then.” – Pride and Prejudice
50. “We do not suffer by accident.” – Persuasion
51. “There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world as there are pretty women to deserve them.” – Mansfield Park
52. “There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.” – Emma
53. “It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy; it is disposition alone.” – Mansfield Park
54. “We have all a better guide in ourselves if we would attend to it than any other person can be.” – Mansfield Park
55. “I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures.” – Persuasion
56. “To love is to burn, to be on fire.” – Sense and Sensibility
57. “The more I know of the world, the more am I convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love.” – Sense and Sensibility
58. “Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience – or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope.” – Sense and Sensibility
59. “It is not what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.” – Sense and Sensibility
60. “A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.” – Pride and Prejudice
61. “I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.” – Pride and Prejudice
62. “There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well.” – Pride and Prejudice
63. “A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.” – Pride and Prejudice
64. “Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.” – Pride and Prejudice
65. “It is not what we eat, but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain, but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read, but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess, but what we practice that gives us integrity.” – Pride and Prejudice
66. “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
67. “I wish, as well as everybody else, to be perfectly happy; but, like everybody else, it must be in my own way.” – Sense and Sensibility
68. “If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.” – Emma
69. “A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.” – Pride and Prejudice
70. “A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.” – Mansfield Park
71. “I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.” – Pride and Prejudice
72. “I have not been used to submit to any person’s whims.” – Mansfield Park
73. “One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.” – Pride and Prejudice
74. “If I could but know his heart, everything would become easy.” – Emma
75. “I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.” – Mansfield Park
76. “A woman, especially if she has the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.” – Northanger Abbey
77. “The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” – Northanger Abbey
78. “Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.” – Northanger Abbey
79. “There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves; it is not my nature.” – Northanger Abbey
80. “A woman especially, if she has the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.” – Northanger Abbey
81. “Pictures of perfection, as you
82. “Pictures of perfection, as you know, make me sick and wicked.” – Northanger Abbey
83. “Selfishness must always be forgiven, you know, because there is no hope of a cure.” – Mansfield Park
84. “My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation.” – Persuasion
85. “For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn?” – Pride and Prejudice
86. “I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.” – Pride and Prejudice
87. “A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.” – Pride and Prejudice
88. “I cannot make speeches, Emma. If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.” – Emma
89. “One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.” – Emma
90. “To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.” – Pride and Prejudice
91. “If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.” – Northanger Abbey
92. “I was quiet, but I was not blind.” – Persuasion
93. “There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person.” – Emma
94. “I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.” – Emma
95. “There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.” – Emma
96. “I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures.” – Persuasion
97. “If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.” – Emma
98. “I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.” – Pride and Prejudice
99. “I cannot think well of a man who sports with any woman’s feelings.” – Mansfield Park
100. “If I were as rich as Mr. Darcy, I would do anything.” – Pride and Prejudice
These quotes offer a glimpse into Jane Austen’s insightful and captivating writing, showcasing her talent for exploring the complexities of relationships, society, and human nature.
1. “A woman is like a tea bag – you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
2. “She believed she could, so she did.” – R.S. Grey, Scoring Wilder
3. “I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.” – Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
4. “The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who’s going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
5. “A strong woman understands that the gifts such as logic, decisiveness, and strength are just as feminine as intuition and emotional connection.” – Nancy Rathburn
6. “She is free in her wildness, she is a wanderess, a drop of free water. She knows nothing of borders and cares nothing for rules or customs. ‘Time’ for her isn’t something to fight against. Her life flows clean, with passion, like fresh water.” – Roman Payne, The Wanderess
7.”I want to be like a sunflower, so even on the darkest days, I will stand tall and find the sunlight.” – Unknown
8. “The world needs strong women. Women who will lift and build others, who will love and be loved. Women who live bravely, both tender and fierce. Women of indomitable will.” – Amy Tenney
9. “I am my own muse. I am the subject I know best. The subject I want to better.” – Frida Kahlo
10. “She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future.” – Proverbs 31:25
11. “I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” – Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
12. “Women are like teabags. You never know how strong they are until you put them in hot water.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
13. “Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.” – Nora Ephron
14. “The best protection any woman can have is courage.” – Elizabeth Cady Stanton
15. “She wasn’t waiting for a knight, she was waiting for a sword.” – Atticus
16. “I am my best work – a series of road maps, reports, recipes, doodles, and prayers from the front lines.” – Audre Lorde
17. “Where there is a woman, there is magic.” – Ntozake Shange
18. “A strong woman is one who feels deeply and loves fiercely. Her tears flow as abundantly as her laughter. A strong woman is both soft and powerful. She is both practical and spiritual. A strong woman in her essence is a gift to the world.” – Unknown
19. “She was fierce, she was strong, she wasn’t simple. She was crazy and sometimes she barely slept. She always had something to say. She had flaws and that was okay. And when she was down, she got right back up. She was a beast in her own way, but one idea described her best. She was unstoppable and she took anything she wanted with a smile.” – R.M. Drake
20. “The power you have is to be the best version of yourself you can be, so you can create a better world.” – Ashley Rickards
21. “She was powerful not because she wasn’t scared but because she went on so strongly, despite the fear.” – Atticus
22. “I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself.” – Simone de Beauvoir
23. “A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman.” – Melinda Gates
24. “I am the blood of the dragon. I must be strong. I must have fire in my eyes when I face them, not tears.” – George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
25. “She wasn’t looking for a knight, she was looking for a sword.” – Atticus
26. “You don’t have to be pretty. You don’t owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your boyfriend/spouse/partner, not to your co-workers, especially not to random men on the street. You don’t owe it to your mother, you don’t owe it to your children, you don’t owe it to civilization in general. Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked ‘female’.” – Erin McKean
27. “I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.” – Madonna
28. “The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.” – Coco Chanel
29. “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” – Anaïs Nin
30. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
31. “I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.” – Audre Lorde
32. “We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.” – Malala Yousafzai
33. “You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” – Maya Angelou
34. “Do not bring people in your life who weigh you down. And trust your instincts … good relationships feel good. They feel right. They don’t hurt.” – Oprah Winfrey
35. “I am a woman with thoughts and questions and shit to say. I say if I’m beautiful. I say if I’m strong. You will not determine my story—I will.” – Amy Schumer
These quotes celebrate the strength, resilience, and individuality of women. May they inspire you and many others to embrace your power and make a difference in the world.
